"darkness closed around, and then came the ringing of church bells and the distant beating of the military drums in the palace courtyard, as the women sat knitting, knitting. darkness encompassed them."
this is an excerpt from 'a tale of two cities' by

- Charles Dickens.

Explanation:

'A Tale of Two Cities' is authored by Charles Dickens primarily intends to reflect the brutality and violence brought by the revolutions that left the people in a traumatic state of darkness and despair.

As per the question, the given excerpt is taken from the famous historical fiction 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, the 'darkness' symbolizes the upcoming brutality and inhumanity(signifying the ferocious aftermath of French Revolution) impacts of  that is going to 'encompass them'. The author indicates the impending horror through the impassive women(who is knitting) observing the entire scenario.

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explanation:

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.