in this excerpt from a short story, a french soldier has escaped from enemy captors to rejoin the french army.
from an adventure
1
after walking for a long time in the sand... the soldier was obliged to stop, as the day had already come to an end. despite the beauty of... the night, with its exquisite sky, he felt that he could not, though he fain would, continue on his weary way. fortunately he had come to a small eminence, on the summit of which grew a few palm-trees whose verdure shot into the air and could be seen from afar; this had brought hope and consolation to his heart....
2
his fatigue was so great that he threw himself down on a block of granite, capriciously fashioned by nature into the semblance of a camp-bed, and, without taking any precaution for defense, was soon fast in sleep. in the middle of the night his sleep was disturbed by an extraordinary sound. he sat up; the profound silence that reigned around enabled him to distinguish the alternating rhythm of a respiration whose savage energy it was impossible could be that of a human being.
from \an adventure\ by honoré de balzac, adapted, in short stories and collections for use in the secondary schools by emilie kip baker)
which detail from the passage most clearly develops the suspenseful point of view?
1. \walking for a long time in the sand... the soldier was obliged to stop the day had already come to an end\ (paragraph 1)
2. \on the summit of which grew a few palm-trees whose verdure shot in the air and could be seen from afar\ (paragraph 1)
3. \he threw himself down... and, without taking any precaution for defense, was soon fast in sleep\ (paragraph 2)
4. he alternating rhythm of a respiration whose savage energy it was impossible could be that of a human being\ (paragraph 2)

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in this excerpt from a short story, a french soldier has escaped from enemy captors to rejoin the french army.
from an adventure
1
after walking for a long time in the sand... the soldier was obliged to stop, as the day had already come to an end. despite the beauty of... the night, with its exquisite sky, he felt that he could not, though he fain would, continue on his weary way. fortunately he had come to a small eminence, on the summit of which grew a few palm-trees whose verdure shot into the air and could be seen from afar; this had brought hope and consolation to his heart....
2
his fatigue was so great that he threw himself down on a block of granite, capriciously fashioned by nature into the semblance of a camp-bed, and, without taking any precaution for defense, was soon fast in sleep. in the middle of the night his sleep was disturbed by an extraordinary sound. he sat up; the profound silence that reigned around enabled him to distinguish the alternating rhythm of a respiration whose savage energy it was impossible could be that of a human being.
from \an adventure\ by honoré de balzac, adapted, in short stories and collections for use in the secondary schools by emilie kip baker)
which detail from the passage most clearly develops the suspenseful point of view?
1. \walking for a long time in the sand... the soldier was obliged to stop the day had already come to an end\ (paragraph 1)
2. \on the summit of which grew a few palm-trees whose verdure shot in the air and could be seen from afar\ (paragraph 1)
3. \he threw himself down... and, without taking any precaution for defense, was soon fast in sleep\ (paragraph 2)
4. 	he alternating rhythm of a respiration whose savage energy it was impossible could be that of a human being\ (paragraph 2)

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine which detail develops suspense, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: Describes the soldier stopping due to time, no suspense.
- Option 2: Describes palm - trees, gives hope, not suspense.
- Option 3: Describes the soldier sleeping without defense, but the suspense comes from the unknown sound later.
- Option 4: Describes a non - human - like respiration sound, creating uncertainty and fear about what is making the sound, which builds suspense.

# Answer:
4. "the alternating rhythm of a respiration whose savage energy it was impossible could be that of a human being" (Paragraph 2)

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