Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.
Standing on that miserable eminence, she saw again her native village, in Old England, and her paternal home; a decayed house of gray stone, with a poverty-stricken aspect, but retaining a half-obliterated shield of arms over the portal, in token of antique gentility.
What is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt?
They impart a frustrated mood.
They impart a sympathetic mood.
They portray a former setting with humility and dignity.
They portray a former setting with judgment and distaste.