Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Coming back, he walked through the bar-room, where people waiting for the train were drinking. They were all waiting reasonably for the train. He went out through the bead curtain. She was sitting at the table and smiled at him.

"Do you feel better?" he asked.

"I feel fine," she said. "There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine."

The tone of this passage from "Hills Like White Elephants" is _____.

A) descriptive
B) understated
C) emotional
D) climactic