Answer:
When he went missing, a smudge appeared on his face.
Explanation:
The sentences that contribute to a sense of hope are "<span>She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window." First of all, she sees trees that are trembling with new life. A peddler was selling his goods. She could hear a distant song which someone was singing, and songs usually mean good spirit in works of literature.
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The correct answer is:
A. The odd collection of guests.
B. The lack of detail about the haunted room experiment.
D. The scene in the bedroom when the picture “haunts” the narrator.
F. The breakfast scene, when the narrator is revealed as the man who saw the ghost.
H. The host’s explanation, which promises to reveal the purpose of the story.
Irving uses these 5 things to build suspense in the story.
