Respuesta :
I was woken by a--------- noise, I got up and saw a ---------light. It let me up the --------stairs. I was in a ------- tower. all I could see was a cat that watch. a big cauldron was bubbling on the fire .----------- ------- smoke swirled up from it.
Answer: "It is better that a few should perish than that the whole city should be destroyed," they said.
Explanation: This is the line that supports in a better way the idea that the elders help to advance the plot becuase it shows that the elders would risk their lifes in order to protect the city.