Read the excerpt from The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The room itself is cobwebbed, and dingy with old paint; its floor is strewn with gray sand, in a fashion that has elsewhere fallen into long disuse…

Which of the following best summarizes the excerpt?



The room is fashionably dirty.


The room has a lot of cobwebs.


The room is old, dirty, and unused.


The room has a floor made of sand.