The narrator is deeply unsettled by the attention and affection of a person who exhibits threatening behavior, suggesting that the narrator feels unsafe and fearful in his presence. This is supported by the statement, "I shuddered whenever he turned his hungry eye upon me," indicating a sense of dread associated with the person's gaze.
Cannibalism in the Carsby Mark TwainHe was gone. I never felt so stunned, so distressed, so bewildered in my life. But in my soul I was glad he was gone. With all his gentleness of manner and his soft voice, I shuddered whenever he turned his hungry eye upon me; and when I heard that I had achieved his perilous affection, and that I stood almost with the late Harris in his esteem, my heart fairly stood still!I was bewildered beyond description. I did not doubt his word; I could not question a single item in a statement so stamped with the earnestness of truth as his; but its dreadful details overpowered me, and threw my thoughts into hopeless confusion.
In 1–2 sentences, explain an inference about the narrator based on the details in the passage, and provide at least one piece of strong evidence to support your inference.
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