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Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "sulking" in the following passage. "All this while the Indians came skulking about them, and would sometimes show themselves aloof off, but when any approached near them, they would run away; and once they stole away their tools where they had been at work and were gone to dinner."

A. Hitting in the head or Skull
B. Behaving Aggressively
C. Moving Stealthy/Sneakily
D. Approaching in a loud and obnoxious manner

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C. Moving stealthy/sneakily

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