Question

Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”

——Ah me how but it was a hell and now I had the whole thing to myself, and make my raisin toast by sitting it on a little wire I'd especially bent to place over the hot plate

Within these lines, where is the most appropriate place for a pause?
after “Ah”
after “myself”
after “toast”
after “bent

Answer 1

after “myself”

Reason: the comma after “myself” marks the natural pause before the next clause (“and make my raisin toast…”), separating the speaker’s exclamation/reflection from the action that follows.