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Which detail from “Maria Gonzales, Modern Hero” best explains why the police officer believes Maria's actions make a difference?

“But the limb grew thinner the farther he went, and it bent lower. He was ten feet over the water,…”

“’Thank you for your help, young lady’ he began. ‘You stopped this crime all by yourself.’”

“When he reached the ground again, a police officer with a bushy mustache slapped handcuffs on him.”

“He was just climbing down when the police cruiser arrived, lights flashing and siren howling.”

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?