Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.

Which phrase from "Uses and Abuses of the Umbrella" most clearly informs the reader that the author is being sarcastic?

A. "'...The umbrella is an article proper to the desk.'"

B. "...the umbrella is too fine, too delicate and lovely an article for water to be allowed to ruin it."

C. "...to enjoy a shower of pure water from the heavens,..."

D. "...for it presumes that next to every desk there ought to be a coat rack and, hanging on the coat rack, an umbrella."