Read the following excerpt from John Gardner's Grendeh
Then, little by little, I understood. I felt laughter welling up
inside me – at the dragon-charm, at Hrothgar's whispering
and trembling by the meadhall door, at everything - the
oblivious trees and sky, the witless moon. I'd meant them
no harm, but they'd attacked me again, as always. They
were crazy. And now at last the grim laughter tame
pouring out, as uncontrollable as the dragon's laugh (79)
Which phrase from this excerpt most clearly evokes fear of Grendel?
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A. the dragon-charm
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B. whispering and trembling
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C. the witless moon
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D. the grim laughter