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Selina

24 October, 00:38

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Read the excerpt from "A Pair of Silk Stockings."

But she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things-with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers.

Which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words "soft," "luxurious," "glisten," and "serpent-like"?

a. gloom

b. temptation

c. forgiveness

d. suspicion