1 [Avonlea Station. A small figure, a child, sits on a battered suitcase. The child wears a too-large overcoat and a cap covering its head. We can see only the child’s back as the lights come up. The child wraps the coat more tightly around itself and turns toward us for the first time: she is a girl, a simple, tattered dress under her coat. The stationmaster comes to pick up a mailbag and notices the girl.] In paragraph 1, the description of Anne in the stage directions is intended to evoke feelings of —

a
fear
b
doubt
c
anger
d
pity