This is a complex sentence. It cannot be a compound sentence because it has no comma. It is to long(complex) to be a simple sentence.
The inference that is supported by the excerpt is:
- C. Jimmy Valentine believes that Ben Price is going to arrest him.
<h3>What is an inference?</h3>
An inference is a conclusion that is drawn from the evident facts of a matter.
In the excerpt above, we can arrive at the conclusion that Jimmy believed that Ben was going to arrest him. The strange smile and his awkward reaction prove that.
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1. In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.
2. But, on the whole, tho' I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it; as those who aim at perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, tho' they never reach the wish'd-for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavor, and is tolerable while it continues fair and legible.
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