Answer:
The statement that best summarizes the explicit message in the excerpt is Edna has gotten to know her father during his visit.
Step-by-step explanation:
The lines of the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Awakening by Kate Chopin shows how the character of Edna Pontellier comes to realize a lot of things not only about her father but about herself as he starts to get to know him, the character does not idealized the situation but still gave it the chance to know more about that man.