Based on this excerpt, the author would argue that life in the mountains simple and satisfying. The idyllic way they describe the setting, with gentle wind and beautiful light of the sun shows that it would be a breathtaking place to live. Also, the emotional attachment of the main character to living in the mountains shows that the author thinks it is a desirable scenario.
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The correct answer is letter (E) I, II, and III. Lines 1–9, ‘“I left in a French steamer . . . a creeping mist,”’ describe the seas as cryptic, laconic and obfuscated. The sea’s glitter is blurred by a creeping mist. O<span>bfuscated means concealed, laconic means not talkative, cryptic means mysterious.</span>