Answer:
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Explanation:
The answer is A, this is seen in the same scene if the book when he starts talking about how it's the colored people becoming in charge and that some day they would rule us all. If you haven't read the book I would greatly encourage it, it's a great piece of literature!
Melancholy tone does the allusion to Niobe reveal.
I think that it was because he admired what he saw as the strong rebelliousness of a pioneer woman.