Click to read the passage from "The Nose," by Nikolai Gogol. Then answer the question.
Which line best establishes the matter-of-fact tone at the beginning of the
story?
A. A nose, an actual nose; and, moreover, it seemed to be the nose of
an acquaintance!
B on his sign-board, on which was depicted the head of a
gentleman with one cheek soaped, the only inscription to be read
was, "Blood-letting done here."
C. On the 25th March, 18 , a very strange occurrence took place in
St Petersburg.
D. He put in his finger, and drew out a nose!
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