“Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, / “Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is it’s only stock and store,” — What letters create the alliteration heard in these two lines? Sp-
Br-
St-
Ut-

St

Explanation:

Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter (or sound) at the beginning of closely connected words. Of the 22 words in this sentence, 4 of them start with "st," as to "br," which is only 1 word, "sp," which is only 1 word, and "ut," which is also only 1 word. Hope this helped!

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explanation:

c is the answer because first she would blush to make the reader wonder why which they find out in the next line.