There is no passage, so it is impossible to answer this question. I apologise.
The tone of the story is in "I did not know what to do. I could not afford to be seen walking with her, and I did note even want to - but on the other hand, the flattery of those humble, hopeful turnings was not lost on me."
This talk about the change of the treatment of the character towards Myra after they had learned that she was sick. It shows that people changed when they learn something about the people around them and regret that they could have shown a better side of them in the beginning.
Personification because the sentence is giving nonliving things human features
The word best describes the authors attitude toward king's victory over riggs is
b) disbelieving
