The correct answer that would best complete the given statement above would be the second option: The governor's assistant. From this passage<span> from “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne</span>, the reader can infer that young Goodman Brown's companion is the governor's assistant. Hope this answer helps.
The 1st scene happens in the middle of the night, on the dark and windy castle wall. The guards are freezing with cold and trembling with fear, as there's a Ghost who appears and wants to say something.
On the other hand, the 2nd scene happens at court, where all the courtiers are present, along with the queen and the new king Claudius. Although the former king has recently passed out (or murdered, as the reader will find out later), everybody is serene and optimistic. Only the melancholic prince Hamlet is missing.
The two settings are juxtaposed with a context that binds them together (adding to the contrast, at the same time): everybody is well aware of the strange and sudden circumstances of the old king's death. The 1st scene is spooky because of his Ghost who seeks young Hamlet. The 2nd scene leaves a bitter taste because his funeral has been followed by a wedding all too soon.
First of all/ Which Shiloh book are you talking about?
For the first question we say that is an absolute phrase because it combinesa noun and a participle with any acompanying modifier or object. For the second question we can see that the mood of this oart of the passage os dreary as it describes fog and many creepy and sad situations related to it. And for the 3rd question we can say it is a slow pace, even there are many sentences, he takes the time to describe or give more information to the reader for many of the sentences of this paragraph, something that surely cannot be told in a fast pace
