Identify the speaker (5pts) and explain the meaning of the quote (5 pts) "Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue
from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its
flowers and present it to the reader. It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some
sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening
close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow." (Chapter 1)