Explanation: his word choice can explain alot about their story but we would need to see the story sowy :(
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Since her uncle enjoyed her company, she didn't worry about what society might think.
Answer: Option 2.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The author in the passage talks about her attachment to her uncle whose name of James Adam because of the walk that she used to do with her father on almost every Sunday.
But this attachment of the author with her uncle might lead to some of the trouble some questions like she would be mistaken as her uncle's daughter and not her father's daughter. She also thought that this closeness and attachment would lead the society to identify her as an ugly duckling with her imposing parent but she did not care about what the society thought about all this.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Hmm...an easier way to find a theme of the story would be either scheming through the story looking for clues or facts or read it.
I hope this answer helps.
        
             
        
        
        
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
        
             
        
        
        
I believe it to show some source of burning or chaos,sorry if this did not help