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the phantom rickshaw
by rudyard kipling (adapted excerpt)
this excerpt is from a collection of ghost stories written by rudyard kipling. this story is told through the narrator, jack, who has rejected the affections of mrs. wessington, an officers wife with whom he has had an affair. mrs. wessington insists that the end of their romance is a \hideous mistake\ and is heartbroken further as jack becomes engaged to kitty, a younger woman he loves. eventually, mrs. wessington dies of
(1) while my waler² was cautiously feeling his way over the loose shale, and kitty was laughing and chattering at my side - while all simla,³ that is to say as much of it as had then come from the plains, was grouped round the reading - room and pelitis veranda - i was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my christian name. it struck me that i had heard the voice before, but when
select the correct text in the passage.
which detail helps the reader infer that jack is seeing something supernatural?
(2) \kitty,\ i cried, \there are poor mrs. wessingtons /hampanies turned up again! i wonder who has them now?..\
(3) \what? where?\ she asked. \i cant see them anywhere.\
(4) even as she spoke, her horse, swerving from a laden mule, threw himself directly in front of the advancing rickshaw. i had scarcely time to utter a word of warning when, to my unutterable horror, horse and rider passed through men and carriage as if they had been thin air.
The detail "horse and rider passed through men and carriage as if they had been thin air" suggests a supernatural occurrence as in the normal world solid objects do not pass through each other.
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(4) Even as she spoke, her horse, swerving from a laden mule, threw himself directly in front of the advancing rickshaw. I had scarcely time to utter a word of warning when, to my unutterable horror, horse and rider passed through men and carriage as if they had been thin air.