Questão 3171191

Leia o trecho do conto "The Black Cat" escrito por Edgar Allan Poe e publicado em 1845.

To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, | need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat, 1845, p.1

A palavra "gossamer", na última linha do trecho, pode ser substituída, sem alterar o significado da frase, por: