Read these lines from the excerpt again: And such a luxury to him was this petting of his sorrows, that he could not bear to have any worldly cheeriness or any grating delight intrude upon it; it was too sacred for such contact; and so, presently, when his cousin Mary danced in, all alive with the joy of seeing home again after an age-long visit of one week to the country, he got up and moved in clouds and darkness out at one door as she brought song and sunshine in at the other. These lines from the excerpt explicitly or directly state that Tom

In the excerpt Tom taking advantage of his chance to pet his sorrows. He is allowing himself the chance and time to be sad and. He did not want anything or anyone to interrupt his mood. When his cousin, Mary, comes into the room, she is very cheerful and happy. He doesn't want her to ruin his sad move so he gets up and leaves so he can stay inside his "clouds and darkness."

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-12-09T10:21:23+01:00

These lines from the excerpt explicitly and directly states that Tom is content with still being sad and does not want to cheer up.

As a result of the given excerpt, we can see that Tom is in a sad mood and is holed up in his room and when his relative Mary comes into the room and is in a happy and lively mood, Tom asks her to leave, spo he does not get infected by her happiness.

What this tells us is that Tom is reluctant to cheer up and still wants to continue being sad and this was explicitly stated.

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