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PASSAGE (Next 3 Questions)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
It was a horrible journey. The trains were late, and, of course, _____(16)_____; there was enough luggage in our compartment to have filled it, and still there was one more passenger than there ought to have been; an ill-conditioned old fellow who wanted my hat-box put into the van because it happened to tumble off the rack on to his head. I pointed out to him that the rack was specially constructed for light luggage, that a hat-box was light luggage, and that if the train jolted, he ought to blame the company, not me. He was _____(17)_____ to reason. His wrangling and _____(18)_____ so upset me, that I went past the station at which I ought to have changed.
Which one of the following best suits the 16th blank?