Read the following excerpt from "the daughters of the late colonel" by katherine mansfield: well, at any rate, all that part of it was over, although neither of them could possibly believe that father was never coming back. josephine had had a moment of absolute terror at the cemetery, while the coffin was lowered, to think that she and constantia had done this thing without asking his permission. what would father say when he found out? for he was bound to find out sooner or later. he always did. "buried. you two girls had me buried! " she heard his stick thumping. oh, what would they say? which sentence best states the idea this passage to develop? a. josephine has so completely lost her grip on reality that she does not realize her father's body is in the coffin. b. the colonel is only pretending to be dead to test his daughters' love for him, and he will soon return home. c. the colonel had such a commanding personality that he still terrifies his daughters now that he is gone. d. josephine and constan