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"At one place an important railway servant swore at a protestant, threatened to strike him and locked the door over the passengers whom he had with difficulty squeezed in."
Explanation:
This seems to be the clearest description of <u>appalling</u> service: a railroad employee swearing at a customer and squeezing in too many passengers.
The other statements express inconvenient or deficient service, all describe problems with overcrowding.
Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate time in the excerpt. The second sentence is saying that he is in the midst of time/living, and he can "detect how shallow it is," meaning that he is aware that life is short and that the end is inevitable. Thoreau also describes time as being fleeting, but ever-present.
I hope this helps!
Answer:
<em>"There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea, had not gladly gone down in it for the third time." </em>