Excerpt from ethan frome edith wharton 5 the ‘smash-up’ it was—i gathered from the same informant—which, besides drawing the red gash across ethan frome’s forehead, had so shortened and warped his right side that it cost him a visible effort to take the few steps from his buggy to the post-office window. he used to drive in from his farm every day at about noon, and as that was my own hour for fetching my mail i often passed him in the porch or stood beside him while we waited on the motions of the distributing hand behind the grating. i noticed that, though he came so punctually, he seldom received anything but a copy of the bettsbridge eagle, which he put without a glance into his sagging pocket. what does punctually mean, as used in the third sentence of section a) poorly dressed b) very hungry c) promptly d) carefully