This passage has a melancholic mood. You can tell this due to some specific key words: "dull", "dark", "soundless." They all have a negative connotation. The imagery of a lone rider in a dreary and dull country under the oppressive sky may clue you in that the overall passage has a sad tone to it. Even later in the passage the author states that the scene is melancholic.
B. But only so an hour
the word only indicates that "an hour" is considered a short time period for the flower, and so it represents "the youth" of it being a flower before it becomes like the rest
Answer:
They all accused people of something without probable cause
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