In my opinion, the correct answer is <span>C. He is filled with joy. When he got the information that he would leave Colonel Lloyd's plantation, he lived through three most ecstatic days of his life. He was eagerly awaiting the moment of departure, wondering what would happen next. To say that he was just optimistic wouldn't be accurate enough.</span>
If able I would bear it do not deny my efforts
The paragraph that best develops Henry's character is when the narrator locate them on the way to Washington, describing him as:
<u>He had grown to regard himself merely as a part of a vast blue
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<u>demonstration. His province was to look out, as far as he could, for his
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<u>personal comfort. For recreation he could twiddle his thumbs and
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<u>speculate on the thoughts which must agitate the minds of the generals.
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<u>Also, he was drilled and drilled and reviewed, and drilled and drilled and
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<u>reviewed.</u>
