Remember the old people whose eyes seem like windows that peer into a distant past that makes absurdity of our contemporary world. that is what one feels when one encounters the old ones and their land, a pausing of time. which inference can you make based on this passage? a. the old people make time stand still with their eyes. b. the old people are haunting and frightening. c. the old people hold a special connection to the earth and the past. d. the old people are absurd in our contemporary world.