The open birdcage
An original fiction passage set in the nineteenth century.
Mrs Fenner came into the morning room humming as she carried a saucer of seed towards the window. Sunlight lay across the little brass cage. Then she noticed that its door was swinging loose and the perch inside was bare. The tune died on her lips.
Identify the phrase which shows Mrs Fenner's mood changing when she sees the open cage.
456 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 1.3 Content: prose fiction study requirements, covering 1.3.1 Read challenging prose fiction for the unseen 19th-century extract. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.