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Which two excerpts create a dreary mood in the passage The legend of the sleepy a hollow

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"To pass this bridge was the severest trial. It was this identical spot that the unfortunate André was captured, and under the covert of those chestnuts and vines were the sturdy yeomen concealed who surprised him. This has ever since been considered a haunted stream, and fearful are the feelings of the schoolboy who has to pass it alone in the dark."