By including this quote,Sophie is A-clarifying the overall purpose of the text B-adopting a second-person point of view C-adding
implicit information to her conclusion D- using textual evidence to suppress her inference although Queen Elizabeth is polite,she also seems a bit annoyed. For example, she said "it seems strange for your Serene highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person."
Answer: D. using textual evidence to support her inference.
Sophie is using this excerpt as textual evidence to support her inference. Sophie states that Queen Elizabeth sound a bit annoyed, even though she still tries to be polite. In order to convince their readers of this assertion, she provides textual evidence from the Queen's letter. This evidence supports her inference.
