Select the passage that has a more energetic tone. All of the players played at once without waiting for turns, quarreling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion and went stomping about, shouting "Off with his head!" or "Off with her head!" about once in a minute. In the troops there was a peculiar kind of hesitation suggested by the attitudes of the men. They were worn and exhausted, having slept only a little and labored much. They rolled their eyes tow the advancing battle as they stood awaiting the shock. Some shrank and flinched. They stood as men tied to stakes. A
