Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter . A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes. Which best describes the effect of the words “sad-colored,” “steeple-crowned,” and “iron spikes”?