What is the author's tone in this line from William Dean Howells's "Editha"?

Explanation:  The author's tone in this line from William Dean Howells's "Editha" can be described as sarcastic.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”