12. What does the metaphor in the following line from a pair of silk stockings mean? She counted the money out to the waiter and left an extra coin on his tray, whereupon he bowed before her as before a princess of royal blood.
A) the waiter is mocking her
B) he is appreciative of the extra coin on his tray
C) he believes that she is royalty since she left an extra coin
D) the waiter sees through Mrs. Sommers and knows that she doesn’t come from money.