<span>Tom realizes as she states this that Daisy is saying that she loves Gatsby. As the text puts it: She had told him that she loved him and Tom Buchanan saw. ... Daisy wants Tom to know she is in love (or at least thinks she is) with Gatsby and knows how to communicate this to her husband.</span>
The correct answer is A. reliable.
The writer was 'an authoritative source' because of her degrees, guest appearances, etc. Thus, she was a source you could rely on, she was reliable, given that she had experience to back her ideas up. Therefore A is the only correct answer.
He goes from being almost immobile to playing energetically with his friends.
