In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Zaroff’s aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. Which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature?

Rainsford’s first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general’s face.

He had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face—the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat.

" “He is a Cossack,” said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. “So am I.”

Half apologetically General Zaroff said, “We do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here.

“One does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in America, with such a naïve, and, if I may say so, mid-Victorian point of view.

In this excerpt from Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the line that best provides a glimpse into general Zaroff’s true nature is stated above. General Zaroff is a skilled hunter who is has grown bored hunting animals. They are too easy for him. Human beings are the only preys in which he is interested. Being a Cossack makes him proud. He is a man accustomed to death. Although he displays very good manners he shows his red lips and his pointed teeth when referring to him being a Cossack.