Answer :
D. In the given passage from the short story "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter the "young woman with a peaked Spanish comb in her hair and the painted fan" was Granny Weatherall from many years ago.
Granny Weatherall is thinking of these thoughts when she realizes that all her children were older than John now. He would look like a child beside her if she were to see him now. She realizes that he may not be able to recognize her anymore.