WILL MEDAL :)!!!

She was such a sharp little lady, and used to sit with her hands folded in each other, looking so very watchful while she talked to me that perhaps I found that rather irksome. Or perhaps it was her being so upright and trim; though I don't think it was that, because I thought that quaintly pleasant. Nor can it have been the general expression of her face, which was very sparkling and pretty for an old lady. I don't know what it was. Or at least if I do, now, I thought I did not then. Or at least—but it don't matter.

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WILL MEDAL :)!!!

She was such a sharp little lady, and used to sit with her hands folded in each other, looking so very watchful while she talked to me that perhaps I found that rather irksome. Or perhaps it was her being so upright and trim; though I don't think it was that, because I thought that quaintly pleasant. Nor can it have been the general expression of her face, which was very sparkling and pretty for an old lady. I don't know what it was. Or at least if I do, now, I thought I did not then. Or at least—but it don't matter.

ashash146 · Answer

How do the last three sentences contribute to the passage?

They help to characterize the narrator as someone too kind and shy to admit that she disliked someone.
They add valuable details to the plot.
They help characterize the old lady as someone unkind and unfair.
They have no value at all.

qwertty123 · Answer

What do you think?

ashash146 · Answer

@qwertty123 A or B?

asett · Answer

I'll help you @Ashash146

asett · Answer

I agree with you, the answer seems to be A.

ashash146 · Answer

@asett May I ask why you think that? L:ike, any context clues?

asett · Answer

It was actually process of elimination: They don't add any obvious value to the plot, they don't describe the old lady, and they must have some value, otherwise the editor wouldn't have kept the sentences. Therefore, it must be A.

ashash146 · Answer

@asett Can you help me with another question similar to the one you just answered?