Spring had come. the people moving to and fro were gaily chattering. behind the fences of the little gardens, the buds on the trees were swelling, and their branches rustled faintly in the fresh breeze. youth and gladness were in the sky and on the earth and in the heart of man. without the word spring in the first sentence of the paragraph cited, how would you know the time of year in which the story takes place? buds on the trees were swelling. branches rustled faintly in the fresh breeze. there were fences.

Which lines spoken by romeo in act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet best support the inference that romeo desires future peace between the montagues and capulets? check all that apply. abc romeo: tybalt, the reason that i have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting; villain am i none, romeo: i do protest i never injur'd thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise, romeo: draw, benvolio; beat down their weapons, gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! romeo: alive! in triumph! and mercutio slain! away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-ey'd fury be my conduct now! romeo: this day's black fate on more days doth depend; this but begins the woe others must end.