Need ! what is the best definition of the word nonchalant in the first sentence? how can you be so nonchalant? even though the paint won’t stick to the walls, the floors are stained, and we have guests coming tomorrow, you're still completely calm. detached and distracted slow and meticulous frustrated and resentful peaceful and serene

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.