Question

select the sentence from the passage that gives a description of the weather in rivermouth.a while he is yet a baby lying in his cradle, he hears the dull, far-off boom of the breakers; when he is older, he wanders by the sandy shore, watching the waves that come plunging up on the beach like white-maned seahorses.b then the town itself is full of hints and flavors of the sea.c the gables and roofs of the houses facing eastward are covered with red dust, like old anchors; a salty smell pervades the air, and dense gray fogs, the very breath of ocean, periodically creep up into the quiet streets and envelop everything.d no wonder that i, born to this life and coming back to it with the freshest sympathies, should have caught with the prevailing infection.

Explanation:

Only option C includes details about weather elements: dense gray fogs that creep into the town, which directly describes Rivermouth's weather. The other options focus on seashore experiences, sea-related town atmosphere, and personal connection to the sailor life, not weather.

Answer:

C. The gables and roofs of the houses facing eastward are covered with red dust, like old anchors; a salty smell pervades the air, and dense gray fogs, the very breath of Ocean, periodically creep up into the quiet streets and envelop everything.