Mercutio: where the devil should this romeo be? came he not home to-night? benvolio: not to his father's; i spoke with his man. mercutio: why that same pale hard-hearted wench, that rosaline, torments him so, that he will sure run mad. benvolio: tybalt, the kinsman of old capulet, hath sent a letter to his father's house. mercutio: a challenge, on my life. benvolio: romeo will answer it. mercutio: any man that can write may answer a letter. benvolio: nay, he will answer the letter's master, how he dares, being dared. —romeo and juliet, william shakespeare which word best describes the mood of this passage?