English 6 EXPLAIN giving brainliest if it's correct

Read the following sentence from excerpt of the narrative of the live of frederick douglass and define the bolded word: "why master was so careful of her, may be safely let to conjecture." question 10 options: a) prayer or hope b) guesswork or speculation c) relief or ease d) disapproval or disappointment

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?

Is directly communicated and requires little interpretation