Read the excerpt from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. Some of the birds hurried off at once: one old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully.
remarking, "I really must be getting home; the night-air doesn't suit my throat!" and a Canary called out in a trembling voice to its children, "Come away, my
dears! It's high time you were all in bed!" On various pretexts they all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone.
"I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinahl" she said to herself in a melancholy tone. "Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world!
Oh, my dear Dinal I wonder if I shall ever see you any more!" And here poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited. In a little while,
however, she again heard a little pattering of footsteps in the distance, and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind, and was
coming back to finish his story.
Which of the following lines explicitly expresses that Alice was sad?
and a Canary called out in a trembling voice to its children, "Come away my dears!"
O And here poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited
...and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind...
O"Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world" said