Which of the following excerpts from "The Daughters of the Late Colonel"
shows how much the daughters feared their father?
A. Constantia looked dubious. "We can't disturb Kate again," she said
softly.
B. Josephine had replied to them all, and twenty-three times when
she came to "We miss our dear father so much she had broken
down and had to use her handkerchief and on some of them even
to soak up a very light-blue tear with an edge of blotting-paper
C. And now they were going to open the door without knocking
even... Constantia's eyes were enormous at the idea, Josephine
felt weak in the knees.
D. "And about the funeral, he said softly. "I may arrange that-as your
dear father's old friend and yours, Miss Pinner-and Miss
Constantia?
