Read the excerpt from irving’s "the mysterious stranger." his eyes rolled upwards, until nothing but the whites were visible; his hands were clasped together, until the fingers were deeply imprinted in the flesh. when the music expressed the dying agony, his face gradually sunk upon his knees; and at the touching words resounding through the church, “jesu mori,” sobs burst from him uncontrolled. which statement best describes irving’s tone in the excerpt?