Choose the complete sentence

before the audience was seated

may have a bad case of the flu

no one expected that outcome

the flicking light in the hallway

The wife of bath was considered to be .. beautiful, of high moral standing or worldly

What is implied in this sentence from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note"? i was puzzled, and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn't; so i took my leave, feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it, not being in circumstances to resent affronts from rich and strong folk.

Comparing and contrasting is a form of