Read this excerpt from Margaret Frink's memoir:

By five o'clock, after nine or ten hours of hard toil, struggle, and scramble, we were all safe on top of the main ridge of the Sierra Nevada. Thanks that the worst is now over.
What is the tone of this excerpt?

A.
Grammatical

B.
Anxious

C.
Grateful

D.
Blissful

The tone of this excerpt is grateful.