TIME SENSITIVE Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
Rip had but one question more to ask, but he put it with a faltering volce:-
"Where's your mother?
"Oh, she too had died but a short time since; she broke a blood vessel in a fit of passion at a New England
peddler.
There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence.
In this excerpt from "Rip Van Winkle," the reader can infer that Rip is
by the news of his wife's death.
a relieved
b confused
c unmoved
d upset