Question

The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders,-nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was,-all helped the emphasis.

Who or what is described as being ‘like a stubborn fact?’
A)
the speaker
B)
the emphasis
C)
the carriage
D)
the neck cloth

Answer 1

the speaker

Answer 2

actually its d.