I think it's this one:
<span>"By nightfall he was fatigued, footsore, famished. The thought of his wife and children urged him on."
"urged him on" suggests that he's going somewhere, and that he needs motivation to go there. It seems that he's on the edge of survival: he's fatigued, famished, and where he's going is where his salvation likely is. </span>
<span>We usually drop the 'e' at the end of words when adding an ending that begins with a vowel suffix (e.g. -ing, -ed, -er, -able, -ous, ).</span><span>But with words ending in 'ge' keep the 'e' before 'able' to keep the soft 'ge' sound-
manageable, changeable, knowledgeable...
<span>We also keep the 'e' in words ending in 'ce' before 'able' to keep the soft 'c' ( "s") sound-
noticeable, replaceable, serviceable...
<span>Another exception to the rule is the final -e is not dropped from words ending in: -ee, -oe, -ye.
see - seeing, agree - agreeing, canoe - canoeist, dye - dyeing</span></span></span>
Answer:
Lenina has never seen an old person because she is used to her society where no one ages past thirty.
