Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative. Read this paragraph from Ten Days in a Mad-House.

I was taken to room 28 and left to try and make an impression on the bed. It was an impossible task. The bed had been made high in the center and sloping on either side. At the first touch my head flooded the pillow with water, and my wet slip transferred some of its dampness to the sheet. When Miss Grupe came in I asked if I could not have a nightgown.

Which statement best describes what the author’s use of the word impression connotes?