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It shows that they are nervous, but still trusting.
B. "the sound of steel on stones" is an example of alliteration.
Alliteration is the repeated sound or use of sound found in the first part of each word in a group of words.
"S" is the letter and its sound is used repeatedly: sound, steel, stones
At the time they where starving and found hope in the native to show how to grow corn