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In this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha," which sentences contain sarcasm?

A. No, you didn't expect him to get killed," Mrs. Gearson repeated, in a voice which was startlingly like George's again. "You just expected him to kill some one else

B. You thought it would be all right for my George, your George, to kill the sons of those miserable mothers and the

C. I thank my God he didn't live to do it

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I haven't read this but I believe the answer is A.
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The correct option is A

Sarcasm is a scathing mockery with which it is intended to imply otherwise or express displeasure. The term also refers to the rhetorical figure that consists in using this kind of irony, sarcasm is an indirect criticism, but most of the time it is exposed in an evident way.

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