What is the special girte of A Beautiful thing? ​

The special virtue of a thing of beauty is that it gives pleasure for a lifetime and does not becomes less with the passage of time. 

the correct answer is:   [d]:   " espionage " .

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the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !