what word best describes the overall tone of the following excerpt from charlotte's web by e. b. white?

but i feel peaceful. your success in the ring this morning was, to a small degree, my success. your future is assured. you will live, secure and safe, wilbur. nothing can harm you now. these autumn days will shorten and grow cold. the leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. christmas will come, and the snows of winter. you will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever. winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. the song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. all these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy, wilbur—this lovely world, these precious days…”
a) depressed
b) despondent
c) indifferent
d) peaceful