In the living room, the grandmother sat in her usual chair. she looked down at her lap while one hand absently stroked the other. the mother pressed several men's shirts, one after the other, and hung them on hangers with more than the usual thump of her iron and clanking of the hangers. every few minutes she glanced at the wall clock, with a worried twitch of her eyebrows. davey, the 10-year-old, ran into the room and turned on the television. but the mother pushed past him, snapped it off, and gritted between her teeth, “you can't have that idiot box on tonight! ” he opened his mouth in surprise, then turned and ran out. once again, the iron thumped, the shirt hangers clanked. to the two women, the hands of the clock seemed to be paralyzed. what is the unstated idea in the following sentence? open double quote “every few minutes she glanced at the wall clock, with a worried twitch of her eyebrows. close double quote ” a. the people in the story are waiting. b. the mother is having a hard time seeing the clock. c. the clock has stopped working. d. the mother cannot believe how quickly time is passing.