Read this excerpt from the last paragraph of the passage. All my confidence in that crossing vanished. I seized the bell-rope; dropped it, ashamed; seized it again; dropped it once more; clutched it tremblingly once again, and pulled it so feebly that I could hardly hear the stroke myself.

What is the effect of the choice to repeat the word dropped?

A. It gives the sentence an eerie, ominous mood.

B. It hints that the narrator wants to appear relatable.

C. It makes the tone of the sentence informal.

D. It reveals the narrator is nervous and fumbling.