Here and there Marla remembered patches, sensations, pictures, and scents: mother holding baby sister up for her to kiss; the fragrance of the baby powder; the pine trees near the house chanting loudly in an autumn wind; her father's alert face, intent on the toy water-wheel he was setting up for her in the little creek; the beautiful sheen of the pink silk dress Aunt Victoria had sent her; the look of her mother's steady, grave eyes when she was sick; the leathery smell of the books in the University Library one day when she followed her father there; the sound of the rain pattering on the low, slanting roof of her bedroom.
What do the words "chanting loudly in an autumn wind" describe?
A.
the melody made by the wind in autumn
B.
the sound of the trees swaying in the wind
C.
the words that the trees repeat in the wind
D.
the character's favorite autumn activity
