I think it is D Sppaulding always late to work
The second one, it has a capital letter and a full stop which is needed.
Answer: The way the reader knew that the flower girl was intelligent is that:
A) She is smart enough to know what things cost and how a gentleman should treat a guest.
Explanation: The dialect of the flower girl is not a criteria for intelligence but since she could effectively know the cost of things and how a gentleman should treat a guest, she could be attributed as an intelligent person.
