"Click here to read and refer to "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling in order to answer the question below."
What is the author's tone concerning Karait in the following passage?
Karait struck out. Rikki jumped sideways and tried to run in, but the wicked little dusty gray head
lashed within a fraction of his shoulder, and he had to jump over the body, and the head
followed his heels close.
O sadness
O disgust
O seriousness
irritation