Rip had but one question more to ask; but he put it with a faltering voice:—
"Where’s your mother?"
"Oh, she too had died but a short time since; she broke a blood vessel in a fit of passion at a New England peddler."
There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence.
What can be inferred from this excerpt from "Rip Van Winkle"?
Rip is relieved by the news of his wife’s death.
Rip is unmoved by the news of his wife’s death.
Rip is upset by the news of his wife’s death.
Rip is confused by the news of his wife’s death.
