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Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."
Then he turned his back on me, and went on talking to his wife; and I knew what that meant, too. I was not the kind of morsel he was after. The typhoid had served me well enough in one way: it kept that kind of gentleman at arm’s-length.
What does the narrator mean when she refers to Mr. Brympton as “that kind of gentleman”?
She does not trust Mr. Brympton.
She believes Mr. Brympton to be impatient.
She thinks Mr. Brympton is too critical.
She does not think Mr. Brympton is handsome.

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She does not trust Mr.Brympton

The correct answer is: She does not trust Mr. Brympton.

By the way Mr. Brymton is described, we can figure aout that he is not a good man. The narrator refers herself as a "morsel" to Mr. Brymton eyes, that means he only could see women as things that he can use to satisfy himself. The narrator mentions that she had typhoid, meaning she can be contagious, a reason Mr. Brynton is not interested in her.  We can infer that he wants women for physical contact, maybe sexual relations, even against their will. The narrator sets a suspicious mood so we can infer that he is not trustworthy. By using "that kind of gentleman" she is emphasizing the distance between them, he belongs to a diferent moral category.