Which of the following quotations from "Five Hours to Simla" best
supports the story's main idea about the stubborn nature of men?
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"The father raised his head and banged on the wheel, struck it."
"Then abruptly he swung around, clambered back into the cabin of his
truck and started the engine with a roar at which the others fell back,
their attitudes slackening in relief, but then he wheeled the truck around
and parked it squarely across the highway so no traffic could get past in
either direction."
"He seemed deliberately to spit in the direction of those who stood
watching in growing frustration."
"'Work goes better after a little rest,' the elder replied, and
demonstrated by lowering himself on to his haunches and squatting
there on the roadside like an old bird on its perch or a man waiting to
be shaved by a roadside barber."
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