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plac·id - It's an adjective
-(of a person or animal) not easily upset or excited.
-(especially of a place or stretch of water) calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.
synonyms: quiet, calm, tranquil, still, peaceful, undisturbed, restful, sleepy
I read the story and I could't find the word "placid"
I hope this definition helps you.
Answer: a man is injured and goes with his valet into a castle type place. He goes into a bedroom with paintings on the wall and a book explaining each painting. His valet falls asleep but the guy stays awake looking at the pictures and reading the book about them. He goes to adjust the candlelight and the light flares and a new picture appears that is freakishly lifelike. He reads the story in the book that explains it. The story is that a man was a painter and his wife didn’t like that he was a painter, but she sat for him to paint her to please him. As he began painting her she became ill. She got worse and worse as he painted more and more. When the painter finished his portrait of his wife and was excited it was so lifelike he saw that his wife was then dead.
Explanation:
The life of his wife was taken as he painted her.
These lines brilliantly depict a bleak scene in the frozen North. "The heavens scowled" suggests the skies were dark and forbidding; "the huskies howled" suggests the eerie sound of the dogs; "the winds began to blow" suggests an approaching storm. All three phrases give the impression that something tragic is about to happen in this cold, Arctic environment.
