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Which of the following excerpts from Treasure Island contains a comparative adjective?

Indeed, he seemed in the most cheerful spirits, whistling as he moved about among the tables…
I picked my way among a great crowd of people and carts and bales, for the dock was now at its busiest…
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging on the broad skirts of the old blue coat…
There was no sound but that of the distant breakers, mounting from all round, and the chirp of countless insects in the brush.