The answer is A: sinking because gothic means something’s gloomy and eerie. Sinking is the only word that is gloomy and eerie. Hope this helped!
It is D.
“Now the thing to do,” he went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”
^that is the excerpt from the story.
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Answer: ARE U JOKING RIGHT NOW!!!
Explanation: