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Once you have determined the existence of a duty, you must determine whether or not the defendant has breached his duty. A defendant can breach his duty both by acting in a certain manner or by failing to act in a certain manner. That is to say, a defendant can breach his duty either by acting in a manner that violates the reasonable man test, or by not acting in a situation where he is legally required to act.
That being said, the accident could've been avoided if Rachel had not gotten angry and thrown the frying pan out of the window. She failed to act properly.
Answer: The right aswer is "I saw Miz Thomas frown, and young as I was, I knew she was worried."
Explanation: Although it is very difficult to distinguish the various options (please use punctuation next time), it is possible to say that the excerpt that best supports the claim that Edna Thomas is concerned for the safety of his son is the one in which the narrator is describing her expression after having been asked about her son by the sons of the man who owns the land where she and her family live.
This passage uses humor to critique Victorian views about the importance of family by showing that feel as if children (aka starting a family) are everyday items like a "hand-bag".
