Which word best describes the tone of this passage kovaloff, the member of the municipal committee, awoke fairly early that morning, and made a droning noise — "brr! brr! " — through his lips, as he always did, though he could not say why. he stretched himself, and told his valet to give him a little mirror which was on the table. he wished to look at the heat-boil which had appeared on his nose the previous evening; but to his great astonishment, he saw that instead of his nose he had a perfectly smooth vacancy in his face. thoroughly alarmed, he ordered some water to be brought, and rubbed his eyes with a towel. sure enough, he had no longer a nose! then he sprang out of bed, and shook himself violently! no, no nose any more! he dressed himself and went at once to the police superintendent. a angry b mournful c distressed d amusing