5.1.2 exam: wrap up
tibor and patricia left the coffee shop hand in hand, the
bells over the door jangling as they stepped out onto plum
avenue. the owner's pet crow watched them in silence,
just as it had throughout their first date. but when rhonda
and anton came in, the bells over the door did not jingle,
and the pet crow squawked loudly, drawing everyone's
attention. the aged owner of the coffee shop watched
rhonda and anton with a look of grim understanding as he
poured beans into the coffee grinder. one of the two had
come to break up with the other. this would be a sad day
for both of these young people.
which sentence is most clearly an interpretation of the passage?