Read the following and determine if adding a coordinate or subordinate clause would improve the style and smoothness of the writing. Choose the answer that best rewrites the sentence, or choose to leave it unedited. My friend agreed to meet me for coffee at noon today. She didn't show up until 12:45.

What satirical statement does washington irving make about tom walker and society in this excerpt from "the devil and tom walker"? he insisted that the money found through his means should be employed in his service. he proposed, therefore, that tom should employ it in the black traffic; that is to say, that he should fit out a slave ship. this, however, tom resolutely refused: he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave-trader. a. shunning slavery is expected even from morally corrupt men like tom. b. although tom shuns slavery, he still oppresses people with extortion. c. supporting slavery and participating in the slave trade is evil. d. tom realizes that the slave trade is worse than extorting money from others. e. indulging in extortion is more reprehensible than supporting slavery.