From "The Open Window" Read the excerpt.

"'Hardly a soul,' said Framton. 'My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four
years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here.'

He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret."

Why does Framton use this tone?

He wishes his sister were with him.

He does not like meeting new people.

He wished he could meet people on his own.

He does not like his accommodations at the rectory.