Question

1. use buses and dreams to answer the following question. based on the description of the scene at the bus stop, the reader can infer that - choose the correct answer - the narrator is late for an appointment. the passengers are on their way to work. the driver is frequently late on his route. the paper will be able to help the narrator. passage 1 a callous disregard this excerpt is from the second - half of a modern gothic story. at the beginning of the story, a young couple, tom and martha, are introduced by their kindly elderly neighbor, gus, who owns the local dry - cleaning business. as tom and marthas relationship blossoms, they neglect gus and on one occasion, even disregard him. eventually, tom and martha marry. (1) when guss dry - cleaning business suddenly shut down due to illness and a popular coffee franchise moved in, neither tom nor martha questioned the change. in fact, they welcomed it. soon they were spending more time at that familiar address than they ever had when gus was around. sure, gus had introduced them, always had a kind word and a bit of neighborhood gossip whenever they dropped off or picked up clothes - but something had changed after that silly embarrassment of being implored downtown, when they had pretended not to notice him. conversation with gus had become awkward, an obligation. what did they have in common with someone of his age? truth be told, they enjoyed their neighborhood a little better with him gone. it was sad to hear that after months of illness, gus had passed - poor gus! - but in the meantime the new cafe had become a fixture in their lives. gus and his dry - cleaning business dutifully and firmly assumed their places in the past.

Explanation:

There is no information in the provided passage about the narrator being late for an appointment, the driver's punctuality, or the paper helping the narrator. However, the general morning - like activity at a bus stop and the context of daily life can imply that passengers might be on their way to work.

Answer:

the passengers are on their way to work.