Answer: gloomy
Explanation:
they are in the rain, they have bags filled to the brim, people are giving them sympathetic looks
I read “Thank you ma’am last year so I could probably help you with it
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs has a classic, conversational and realistic style in which the reader feels as if he were talking to the protagonist. The narration is simple and attractive as in "I was born a slave, but I never new it till six years of happy childhood has passed away". Another key stylistic feature is the directness when addressing the reader as in "Reader, did you ever rate? I hope not".
There are easily 5 beats per measure. And the quarter note gets one beat just like in 4-4 time.
So C is the answer.