Answer:
Understatement
Explanation:
Because of this line: "Yes, I had the pleasure of receiving the information of your arrival in town, which you were so good as to send me,"
An understatement <u>is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.</u>
Answer:For example, when you get those weird chewy caramel things on Halloween; given out of kindness but really no good. I'm thinking of something that is a "false gift", almost like the inverse of a blessing in disguise (which this thread discusses, but none of those are what I'm thinking of).
The intentionality of the giver is not so important as the properties of the thing itself: it is supposed to be good, but really isn't.
Explanation:
The answer would be A because cordial is being polite.