What do the following lines from Paragraph 17 reveal? All this had happened with such swiftness that I had stood motionless, dum b founded and dazzled by the flashes of light. Had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. But it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar. Answer choices for the above question A. The narrator has surprisingly survives the attack. B. Everyone on earth has perished in the fire. C. The narrator is ready to strike back at the Martians. D. The Martians have left behind a new earth that the narrator is eager to embrace.