Click to read the passage from "The Nose," by Nikolai Gogol. Then answer the
question.
Which excerpt from the passage best contributes to the amusing tone?

A. He dressed himself and went at once to the police superintendent.
B. He stretched himself, and told his valet to give him a little mirror
which was on the table.
C. Kovaloft, the member of the Municipal Committee, awoke fairly
early that morning
D. Then he sprang out of bed, and shook himself violently! No, no
nose any more!