Amid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm. i
rushed to its deadly brink. i threw my straining vision below. the glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost recesses.
yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to comprehend the meaning of what i saw. at length it forced-it wrestled its way
into my soul-it burned itself in upon my shuddering reason. o for a voice to speak! -oh, horror! -oh, any horror but this! with
a shriek i rushed from the margin and buried my face in my hands-weeping bitterly.
which word best describes the narrator in the passage above?
humorous
determined
frightened
insensitive
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