Read this passage from "The Strangers That Came to Town":
Instead Mr. Duvitch broke down. Tom and I did not know where to look. During those moments we suffered more intensely than we had suffered in the clouds of mosquitoes and under the blazing sun. After our neighbor had composed himself, he seized our hands and bowed his head over them. Tom and I swallowed hard.
Which word best describes the mood this passage creates?
angry
emotional and embarrassed
content and relaxed
distant and uninterested