Question

The Mouse
by Henry Hugh Munro “Saki” (excerpt)
What does the following dialogue reveal about Theodoric’s state of mind?





"I had to get rid of it while you were asleep," he continued; then, with a gulp, he added, "it was getting rid of it that brought me to—to this."

"Surely leaving off one small mouse wouldn't bring on a chill," she exclaimed, with a levity that Theodoric accounted abominable.




A.Theodoric is grateful that there are no lights in the compartment but dreads the fact that they may come on.



B.Theodoric is very angry with the woman for talkin