Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.” i have been in the dead places near us, with my father—at first, i was afraid. when my father went into the house to search for the metal, i stood by the door and my heart felt small and weak. it was a dead man's house, a spirit house. it did not have the smell of man, though there were old bones in a corner. which detail from the text best establishes the influence of religion on this setting? “it was a dead man's house, a spirit house.” “i stood by the door and my heart felt small and weak.” “i have been in the dead places near us, with my father.” “it did not have the smell of man, though there were old bones in a corner.”