Question

\i am afraid of nothing,\ the man interrupted with another oath, and sprang to the ground. the two then joined the others at the door, which one of them had already opened with some difficulty, caused by rust of lock and hinge. all entered. inside it was dark, but the man who had unlocked the door produced a candle and matches and made a light. he then unlocked a door on their right as they stood in the passage. this gave them entrance to a large, square room that the candle but dimly lighted. the floor had a thick carpeting of dust, which partly muffled their footfalls. cobwebs were in the angles of the wall and depended from the ceiling like strips of rotting lace making undulatory movements in the disturbed air. the room had two windows in adjoining sides, but from neither could anything be seen except the rough inner surfaces of boards a few inches from the glass. there was no fireplace, no furniture; there was nothing: besides the cobwebs and the dust, the four men were the only objects there which were not a part of the structure.as it is used in the second half of the paragraph, the word depended most nearly means to:- rely upon for support.- be conditioned on other circumstances.- trust.- hang down.

Explanation:

The sentence describes cobwebs in the room: "Cobwebs were in the angles of the wall and depended from the ceiling like strips of rotting lace". The context refers to the physical position of cobwebs relative to the ceiling, so "depended" here describes their downward-hanging placement. The other options refer to abstract or non-physical uses of "depend" that do not fit the visual, physical description of cobwebs.

Answer:

hang down.