"but soon," he cried with sad and solemn enthusiasm, "i shall die, and what i now feel be no longer felt. soon these burning miseries will be extinct. i shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. the light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. my spirit will sleep in peace, or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. farewell." which phrase in the excerpt best conveys the emotional tone of this passage? a. what i now feel be no longer felt b. the light of that conflagration c. will not surely think thus d. he cried with sad and solemn enthusiasm