They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead, But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her

narrow bed;

Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!

There was death at every window,

And hell at one dark window,

For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that

he would ride.

The mood of this stanza from “The Highwayman” can best be described as

informal.

anxiety-producing.

lighthearted.

critical.

anxiety-producing

Explanation:

they gagged his daughter with muskets at their side

the answer to the question is a

after the signature of the treaty of versailles in june 1919, germany lost nearly 25,000 square miles and a population of 7 million people. these territories included eupen-malmedy area and moresnet which were ceded to belgium. regarding relations with france, germany ceded the sovereignty of the saar coal mines to this country, as well as the provinces of alsace-lorraine.

explanation: