“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.”

the meaning in this excerpt is

connoted
explicit
implicit
inferred

Option B:- explicit

Explanation:

The writer here describes his opinion about a case. He knows better than anyone regarding Jim. He states this clearly and in detail that he cares about the rules, no matter what the situation is. He explains all the rules without confusion and doubt.

explicit

Explanation:

The speaker is very clear about his opinions. There's no room for interpretation. You must follow the rules if you know them, because right is right and wrong is wrong, since "There's no excuse for picks and letting-on". If you're capable of understanding what is right and what is wrong, you have no excuse to do something wrong.

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.