Answer:
I'd say the last sentence in the passage would show her inquisitive nature.
Explanation:
She notices that the particular block of the quilt is less nice and even, different from the rest of the quilt.
The answer to your question is
"Would probably have come"
D. A false creation/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain.
This answer suggests that it could have been an illusion by saying it might have been a "false creation" and that it could have came from his "heat-oppressed brain."
