Read the excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens. what can you conclude from this passage?

he felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him, and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread. he knew no more, for the spirit neither spoke nor moved."i am in the presence of the ghost of christmas yet to come? " said scrooge.

the spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand.

"you are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us," scrooge pursued.

"is that so, spirit? "

the upper portion of the garment was contracted for an instant in its folds, as if the spirit had inclined its head. that was the only answer he received.

although well used to ghostly company by this time, scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it. the spirit paused a moment, as observing his condition, and giving him time to recover.

but scrooge was all the worse for this. it thrilled him with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.

a. scrooge has learned from the visits of the other ghosts that he is powerless, so he must submit to this one.
b. this ghost is able to communicate more effectively than the previous ghosts, even without talking.
c. this ghost is willing to let scrooge die without undergoing redemption by changing his way of living.
d. scrooge is more profoundly disturbed by this ghost than by the others because it is so mysterious.
e. scrooge is able to interpret what the ghost is thinking despite its mysterious, silent way of being.