Select the passage that has a more humorous tone.
Suddenly, he heard a sharp report and something struck the water within a few
inches of his head, spattering his face with spray. He heard a second report and
saw one of the sentinels with his rifle at his shoulder, a light cloud of smoke
rising from the muzzle.
The sixth bullet mortally wounded the Colonel, who remarked, with fine humor, that
he would have to say goodbye now, as he had business uptown. He then inquired
the way to the undertaker's and left.
Adapted from Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" and Mark Twain, "Spirit of the Tennessee Press"