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Away beyond it rose a line of giant cliffs similar to those upon which we were supposed to stand in our survey of the savage scene, and through which we road had somehow made its climb to the summit.
The reference in this sentence to the savage scene foreshadows
A) the cruelty of the upcoming battle
B) that the officer will see an apparition
C) difficult conditions the soldiers must endure
D) that something horribly brutal will occur