Which excerpt indicates duncan's ignorance of events to come? a. "there's one did laugh in 's sleep, and one cried 'murder! ' that they did wake each other: " b. "had he not resembled my father as he slept, i had done't." c. "is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle toward my hand? come, let me clutch thee." d. "the king's a-bed: he hath been in unusual pleasure, and sent forth great largess to your offices."

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.