What does this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggest about how peter ivanovich reacts in emotional situations?

-praskovya fedorovna recognizing peter ivanovich, sighed, went close up to him, took his hand, and said: "i know you were a true friend to ivan " and looked at him awaiting some suitable response. and peter ivanovich knew that, just as it had been the right thing to cross himself in that room, so what he had to do here was to press her hand, sigh, and say, "believe me . ." so he did all this and as he did it felt that the desired result had been achieved: that both he and she were touched.

a. he reacts in a purely emotional way.
b. he reacts in an illogical, terrified way.
c. he reacts in a socially appropriate way.
d. he reacts in a dramatic way.
e. he reacts in a thoughtless way.