Which of the following best describes the tone in the following passage? But whoso finds himself without such blame, He will come up and offer, in God's name, And I'll absolve him by authority That has, by bull, been granted unto me. By this fraud have I won me, year by year, A hundred marks, since I've been pardoner. (Ch. 28, 57 ? 62)

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Which of the following best describes the tone in the following passage?  But whoso finds himself without such blame,  He will come up and offer, in God's name,  And I'll absolve him by authority  That has, by bull, been granted unto me. By this fraud have I won me, year by year,  A hundred marks, since I've been pardoner. (Ch. 28, 57 ? 62)

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