Answer: Imperious means with an attitude of authority and expecting obedience.
Explanation: Her attitude is imperious at times.
Trust thyself by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
He refers that at the end the integrity of your own mind is the most sacred thing, he tries to incentive us to learn how to detect and watch the light of flashes and ideas across your mind and within it.
Emerson also teach us that In a very detailed work the thoughts come to our minds in a very detailed and alineated form. This means that the human mind is very powerful and in his own words he said that the man doesn't know what he is capable to do until he has tried it.
The word that best described the author's tone in this excerpt is INDIGNANT. To be be indignant means to show anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment. In the passage above, the writer clearly express his feeling of anger and disappointment at the shabby manner that his friend, Stephen, which he loved and trusted so much treated him.