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Read these lines: "Better in body perhaps," I began, and stopped short, for he sat up straight and looked at me with such a stern, reproachful look that I could not say another word." Why does she break off?
AShe forgets what she meant to tell him
BShe hears someone coming up the stairs
CShe agrees with him halfway through it
DHis stern look stops her from finishing it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. His stern look stops her from finishing it
1. 1. She begins a sentence that would have set the body against something else.
2. 2. The word for introduces the cause of her stopping.
3. 3. The cause given is his sitting up straight and his stern, reproachful look.
4. 4. She says outright that after it she could not say another word, so the look, not forgetting or agreement, silences her.
_Source: The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)_
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