Answer:
earnestly asking for something
Explanation:
Josephine , who is the main character's sister, wanted desperetaly her sister , Louise, to open the door of her room. Louise had a heart disease and had to take care of herself, but she had become even more vulnurable when she learnt that her husband had died in a train crash. It was Josephine that had given her the news. Louise's first reaction was to shut herselp up in her room.
B) My headache is killing me. It is not literally killing him, it is an exaggerated statement.
Percolating is the process of a liquid slowly passing through a filter.
Dangling modifier -- it should be modifying the subject (I) instead it is near the Buildings which are actually the "object" of the verb appeared (though, in truth, appeared doesn't take an object -- B
