Respuesta :
Answer: C) mendicancy.
Explanation: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. We can also say that the mood is the emotional setting of the piece or its atmosphere. In the given excerpt the setting is a furnished flat, and the word used to describe the mood of this setting is "mendicancy" because it reveals the condition of the flat (almost beggar description).