The theme of the short story is that you shouldn't trust everyone.
Answer: Because Armand cannot afford new shoes and flowers for Sally, he feels he cannot attend the dance.
Explanation: President Grover Cleveland was condemned and blamed for the depression. Gold resources deposited in the U.S. Treasury declined to a desperately low level. This required President Cleveland to acquire $65 million in gold from Wall Street finance J.P. Morgan and the Rothschild brokerage family of England.
Either A or B, because somber means dark or dull in tone, gloomy.
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