Dark house, by which once more i stand here in the long unlovely street, doors, where my heart was used to beat so quickly, waiting for a hand, a hand that can be clasped no more— in these lines from in memoriam, a. h. h. by alfred, lord tennyson, what is conveyed about the past and present relationship of the speaker to his friend?
a. former impatience to meet his friend and his current hope that they will meet again
b. past rejection by his friend and present understanding that he cannot revive the friendship
c. past excitement to see his friend and present grief over the loss of his friend d. former fear that his friend would die and his current knowledge that his friend is gone