Read the following excerpt from "Salvation": God had not struck Westley dead for taking his name in vain or for lying in the temple. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I'd better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved. What is Hughes's tone toward being saved? A. Bored B. Excited C. Resigned D. Enraged

The tone towards being saved in the excerpt from "Salvation" by Hughes can be interpreted as C. Resigned.