Mr. white dropped his wife's hand, and rising to his feet, gazed with a look of horror at his visitor. his dry lips shaped the words, "how much? " "two hundred pounds," was the answer. unconscious of his wife's shriek, the old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor. which word reveal the mood of horror in the excerpt? a. gazed b. shaped c. faintly d. shriek