HURRY PLEASE
Read these paragraphs from the story.
I told him of my morning’s work. I took the sketch from my pocket and showed it to him. As he looked, the expression of his face altered until it became more and more like that of the man I had drawn.
“And it was only the day before yesterday,” he said, “that I told Maria there were no such things as ghosts!”
Neither of us had seen a ghost, but I knew what he meant.
What does this interaction between the two men reveal about Mr. Atkinson?
Mr. Atkinson is surprised by the picture James shows him and thinks something otherworldly is at work.
Mr. Atkinson is shocked by the picture and believes James is trying to scare him.
Mr. Atkinson is disturbed by his appearance in the picture and tries to make a joke about it.
Mr. Atkinson is suspicious of James and wonders why the man came to his place of business.