We didn’t enjoy our food when we went out to eat, but our friend nelson said that the restaurant normally served some of the best italian food in town. in fact, he said it was one of his favorite places to eat. he said that we should return and give it a second chance. what word best replaces "said" in the last sentence?

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.