Dusk

Question

by H.H. Munro (Saki)

The young man sat forward hurriedly, felt rapidly in the pockets of his overcoat, and then jumped to his feet.

“I must have lost it,” he muttered angrily.

“To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,” said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark. He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness.

"Dusk" by H.H. Munro ("Saki")

Question
Use the passage below to answer the question.

Which piece of evidence shows that Gortsby is judgmental of the young man?

(1 point)
Responses

“‘To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,’ said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark.”
“‘To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,’ said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark.”

He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness.
He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness.

“The young man sat forward hurriedly, felt rapidly in the pockets of his overcoat, and then jumped to his feet.”
“The young man sat forward hurriedly, felt rapidly in the pockets of his overcoat, and then jumped to his feet.”

“‘I must have lost it,’ he muttered angrily.”

Answer 1

The piece of evidence that shows Gortsby is judgmental of the young man is:

“‘To lose an hotel and a cake of soap on one afternoon suggests wilful carelessness,’ said Gortsby, but the young man scarcely waited to hear the end of the remark.”

This statement indicates Gortsby's critical view of the young man's carelessness, reflecting his judgmental attitude.