What the original poster meant to write was:
"Which sentence in this excerpt from The Mother's Recompense by Edith Wharton uses personification?
With impatient fingers she began all over again. The maid's voice, seeming to come from a long way off, respectfully reminded her that the chocolate would be getting cold. Mrs. Clephane roused herself, looked about the room, and exclaimed: "My looking-glass, please." She wanted to settle that question of ages. As Aline approached with the glass there was a knock at the door. The maid went to it, and came back with her small inward smile."
The answer to this would be "With impatient fingers she began all over again.".
