which line from Grendel best shows the darker side of the character Beowulf? A) He's whispering-spilling words like showers of sleet, his mouth three inches from my ear. B) Except for his curios beardlessness, there is nothing frightening about the stranger. C) He paused, his eyebrows cocked, and glanced at the coastgaurd and smiled. D) The stranger said it all so calmly, so softy, that is was impossible to laugh.