the children's hour
2. PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "A whisper, and then a silence: / Yet I know by their merry eyes / They are plotting and
planning together / To take me by surprise." (Lines 13-16)
B. "If I try to escape, they surround me;/ They seem to be everywhere." (Lines 23-24)
C. "Do you think, o blue-eyed banditti,/ Because you have scaled the wall, / Such an old
mustache as I am / Is not a match for you all!" (Lines 29-32)
D. "I have you fast in my fortress, / And will not let you depart,/ But put you down into the
dungeon / In the round-tower of my heart." (Lines 33-36)​