its carlys 7th grade year and she want to be accepted to central high school more than anything else. unfortunately she has been goofing around in her Reading and Writing class and now she is backed into a corner because her grades are slipping. she needs to study for her final exam and then she will be able to raise her grade. she is struggling with wanting to go out with her friends or staying in to study

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.