D. desire to surprise his friend and his friend’s failure to recognize him
Explanation:
Answer D
Correct. In these sentences, the author presents a humorous reversal that emerges from the ironic incongruity between the traveler’s plan to “overpower” his old friend with an excess of pleasure and the anticlimactic outcome of the surprise visit. As it turns out, the friend experiences no immediate pleasure from the visit because he fails to recognize the traveler and can only be made to remember him after the traveler gives a “gradual (in this context, methodical) explanation” of who he is.
If you are pulling off the side of the road, first turn on your signal so people behind you will know. Once you are off the road turn on your hazards. so traffic will see that there is someone in the vehicel and they should slow down a proceed with caution.
