Read the following sentence from "Another Evening at the Club."

"The spectres of the eucalyptus trees ranged along the garden fence
rocked before her gaze, with white egrets slumbering on their high
branches like huge white flowers among the thin leaves."
The author most likely compares the eucalyptus trees to spectres to
suggest
(1 point)
the woman is troubled by something.
a sense of mystery about the woman.
the woman is in imminent danger.
the fragile state of the woman's health.

The correct answer is a sense of mystery about the woman. The comparison of the eucalyptus trees to spectres implies that there is something mysterious or eerie about the woman's presence or surroundings.