Question

Which sentence in this excerpt from John Galsworthy’s narrative essay “Gone” reflects his view that there is no afterlife?

Answer 1

We could not give her those glib assurances that naive souls make so easily to others concerning their after state.

Answer 2

We could not give her those glib assurances that naive sold make so easily to others concerning their after state. They could not assure her that there is life after death. Unlike other people would naively tell them that there is, they could not.