Select the passage that has a more disapproving tone.
The minds of the people were agitated with other things, and a kind of sadness and horror at these things sat upon the expressions of even the common people. Death was before their eyes, and everybody began to think of their graves, not of mirth and diversions.
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. But Prince Prospero was strangely happy and unconcerned. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned a thousand lighthearted friends to his castle. He thoughtlessly believed the external world could take care of itself. In the meantime, it was foolish to grieve, or to think.