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“come along,” said horrocks abruptly, gripping his shoulder again, and moving him suddenly towards the railway crossing. and then came one of those swift incidents, vivid, but so rapid that they leave one doubtful and reeling. halfway across, horrocks’ hand suddenly clenched upon him like a vice, and swung him backward and through a half - turn, so that he looked up the line. and there a chain of lamp - lit carriage - windows telescoped swiftly as it came towards them, and the red and yellow lights of an engine grew larger and larger, rushing down upon them. as he grasped what this meant, he turned his face to horrocks, and pushed with all his strength against the arm that held him back between the rails. the struggle did not last a moment. just as certain as it was that horrocks held him there, so certain was it that he had been violently lugged out of danger. “out of the way,” said horrocks, with a gasp, as the train came rattling by, and they stood panting by the gate into the ironworks. “i did not see it coming,” said raut, still, even in spite of his own apprehensions, trying to keep up an appearance of ordinary intercourse. horrocks answered with a grunt. “the cone,” he said, and then, as one who recovers himself, “i thought you did not hear.” “i didn’t,” said raut. “i wouldn’t have had you run over then for the world,” said horrocks. 6. how does the incident with the train in paragraphs 60 - 68 develop the story’s narrative point of view? a. this event highlights the third - person limited point of view from raut’s perspective by voicing raut’s doubts and preventing the reader from knowing horrocks’ intentions. b. the narration states that horrocks’ purposefully held raut near the train, providing a look into horrocks’ point of view and confirming that he intends to kill raut. c. this event uses the third - person omniscient point of view to contrast horrocks’ plan to kill raut against raut’s complete obliviousness to horrocks’ revenge plot. d. the narration implies that raut is unaware of horrocks’ anger because raut dismisses any notion of suspicion he may have following the incident with the train.

Explanation:

The passage uses third - person point of view to describe the incident with the train. It shows Horrocks' actions and Raut's reactions. The narrative reveals Horrocks' intentions and Raut's doubts, developing the story's tension.

Answer:

C. This event uses the third - person omniscient point of view to contrast Horrocks' plan to kill Raut against Raut's complete obliviousness to Horrocks' revenge plot.