The second passage has a more concerned tone:
I gasped for breath-and yet the officers heard it not. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men-but the noise steadily increased. Oh, God! What could I do?
Select the passage that has a more concerned tone.
Then I could hear a policeman giving
orders, but I did not even open my eyes; I could only draw a breath now and then. I cannot tell how long I lay there, but I found my life coming back, and a kind-voiced man was patting me
and encouraging me to rise.
I gasped for breath-and yet the officers heard it not. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men-but the noise steadily increased. Oh,
God! What could I do?
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