In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith?

the sea of faith
was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore

a.
lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.

b.
but now i only hear
its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,

retreating, to the breath

c.
of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear

and naked shingles of the world.
ah, love, let us be true
to one another! for the world, which seems

d.
to lie before us like a land of dreams,

so various, so beautiful, so new,
hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain;

e.
and we are here as on a darkling plain
swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

where ignorant armies clash by night.

Read these paragraphs from the story. i told him my address. it would take an hour’s quick walk to get back home. “it’s like this,” he said. “we’ll look at the matter straight. if you go back home tonight, you take your chance of accidents. a cart may run over you, and there’s always banana skins and orange peel, to say nothing of fallen ladders.” he spoke of the improbable with an intense seriousness that would have been laughable six hours before. but i did not laugh. what does this interaction between the two men reveal about james? james is skeptical and thinks mr. atkinson is overreacting to the situation. james is dismayed by the things mr. atkinson says and begins to feel uncomfortable. james is surprised by mr. atkinson's solemnness and thinks there is value in what the man is saying. james is appreciative of mr. atkinson's concern and wonders if he should hurry home. the correct answer is; "james is surprised by mr. atkinson's solemnness and thinks there is value in what the man is saying." i am not putting this up so someone can answer but so when people search this they will know the correct the correct answer is not; "james is skeptical and thinks mr. atkinson is overreacting to the situation." everyone said that was the right answer but its your