What textual evidence from "The Interlopers" supports the conclusion that hatred eventually takes its own revenge?


"Who are they?" asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to see what the other would gladly have not seen. "Wolves."


An idea was slowly forming and growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion.


Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight brought a strange medley of pios thank-offerings and sharp curses to Ulrich's lips.


If only on this wild night, in this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg, man to man, with none to witness--that was the wish that was uppermost in his thoughts.

Select the TWO best answers from a passage that would support the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind.

Question 7 options:

"Sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand."


"Besides, the infidel was known to carry money, a sum that camp-fire talk had inflated to large proportions."


"Sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin."


"Lulled by the soft music of the brook, in infinite content, I sank back on to the soft carpets, and was soon in a dreamless slumber."

(multiple answer choice)