Question

HELP PLS All the dwellers in Starkfield, as in more notable communities, had had troubles enough of their own to make them comparatively indifferent to those of their neighbours; and though
all conceded that Ethan Frome's had been beyond the common measure, no one gave me an explanation of the look in his face which, as I persisted in thinking, neither poverty nor
physical suffering could have put there. Nevertheless, I might have contented myself with the story placed together from these hints had it not been for the provocation of Mrs. Hale's
silence, and a little later for the accident of personal contact with the man
The word in bold is an example of a negative tone.
True
O False

Answer 1

Um what is the bolded word?