A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric
button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
What is the meaning of the word coax as it is used in the passage?
A. force
B. persuade
C. expect
D. repair