The cat still paused by the gate, one paw lifted delicately in the air—undecided, questioning, hesitant; UNTIL SUDDENLY , SOME INNER DECISIONS REACHED, he followed the dogs. What effect does the author create by using the underlined phrase?

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Choose the sentence that is not logically connected in the paragraph. (1) it all happened late one night after the family had gone to bed. (2) jack was lying in bed when he remembered he had left the groceries on the back seat of the car. in the paper bag was a carton of ice cream. (3) the ice cream would melt during the warm summer night. (4) he put it in the refrigerator.