What effect did Henry repeating the question about his wife's expected return have on the narrator's patience, as related in the

underlined passages of Sec. 40 of Twain's "The Californian's Tale"?

A. The narrator simply checked the time more frequently from that point forward.

B. The narrator spoke chidingly and brutally toward Henry and then felt remorse for having done so.

C. The narrator stormed out of the room and waited for the wife's arrival outside.​