The second one. Because it came as a surprise, the pause adds effect.
Answer:
Tone
Explanation:
Tone is the author's attitude toward his subjects
They go to Cafe Cova where the waitresses are very patriotic in this wartime Italy. While there they appear to reminisce about WWI and think about the value or meaning of their medals in which Nick's medals he feels are not earned nearly as much as the medals of the others. A fellow soldier warns him never to get married.
In the Importance of Being Ernest, Cecily's response when "Ernest" asks is she will marry him is the first one: She says yes because they're already engaged.
"Ernest" actually is surprised to find out that Cecily thinks they are already engaged to be married and not only that, but she reveals that her sustained fascination with "uncle's Jack brother" had moved her to invent a romance between herself and Ernest.
Cecily had created an entire relationship with love letters included (that she herself had written), a ring, a broken engagement, and a reconciliation. All chronically told in her personal diary.
