Even before Miss Taylor had ceased to hold the nominal office of governess, the mildness of her temper had hardly
allowed her to impose any restraint; and the shadow of
authority being now long passed away, they had been
living together as friend and friend very mutually
attached, and Emma doing just what she liked; highly
esteeming Miss Taylor’s judgment, but directed chiefly by
her own.
How does the sentence explain how the relationship between Emma
and Miss Taylor advances the plot in the passage?
A by summarizing how Miss Taylor became a governess for
Emma
B by explaining the difference in social class between
Emma and Miss Taylor
C by describing how Miss Taylor and Emma went from
employer/employee to friends

D
by comparing how Emma treated Miss Taylor at the
beginning of the story to how she treated her at the end
of the story