Read the excerpt from a short story. i her again for the cake, and quietly retreated from the porch. a blast of air conditioning assailed me as i reentered our home and closed the summer heat behind me. placing the cake on the table with the others, i noted its carefully scalloped frosting with mounting sadness. clutching the doorjamb, i suppressed a sob. the reality of our loss would wait. which words from the excerpt convey the tone? “” and “retreated” “assailed” and “reentered” “placing” and “scalloped” “clutching” and “suppressed”