Question

Read the paragraph from "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." It is not necessary that I should prolong a narrative which has already run to too great a length by telling how we broke the sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed her by the morning train to the care of her good aunt at Harrow, of how the slow process of official inquiry came to the conclusion that the doctor met his fate while indiscreetly playing with a dangerous pet. What evidence from this paragraph provides context clues that help define the word indiscreetly? met his fate playing with a dangerous pet the terrified girl I should prolong a narrative

Answer 1

playing with a dangerous pet

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The word "indiscreetly" is defined as lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection". This paragraph provides the context to answer this word in the line "(...)the doctor met his fate while indiscreetly playing with a dangerous pet". You show lack of prudence or good jugment if you play with a dangerous pet.