A. Spectators are already claiming their seats hours before the event.
His blonde hair was poker-straight. He wore trendy clothes and was often stern, rarely joining in the jokes of the other peers. To be taken seriously he didn't have to be their equal, he had to be better and beyond reproach. More than once he considered becoming a black-haired boy, but in only a week the honeyed roots would be showing and he had no intention of looking old.
In this passage, I assume the word in bold is "sighs." So the correct answer will be D. Sadness and a broken heart.
Connotation refers to the underlying meaning of a word. It is not the literal meaning. In this passage, the word "sigh" was used not literally but to express sadness and a broken heart.
