A sounds like correct answer.
From 8:30 am to 10:22 am it is 1 hour and 58 minutes, if it is 8:30 am to 10:22 pm, it would be 13 hours and 58 minutes. Hope I helped!
Answer: The answer choice I will go with is B. Gertude is opening up the possibility that Ophelia did not kill herself.
A contains a metaphor. It is comparing the fur and claws to a lightning bolt without any hint of a comparison.
A, all of the other ones seem reasonable except for A