Elinor’s relief at not having to tell lucy’s secret to her mother indicates an example of

a nineteenth century extreme sense of privacy
extreme hypocrisy
sensitivity to mrs. dashwood’s ill health
a 19th century extreme regard for her sister

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion