Which line best establishes the matter -of-fact tone at the beginning of the story? A. A nose, an actual nose; andmoreover, it seemed to be the nose of an acquaintance ! Bhis sign-board, on which was depicted the head of a gentleman with one cheek soaped, the only inscription to be read was, " Blood-letting done here. C. On the 25th March, 18 a very strange occurrence took place in St Petersburg D. He put in his finger, and drew out - a nose!

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.