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

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 fragility and eeriness of the woman's surroundings.