Which of the following BEST states a theme from the Passage? Women play a number of specific roles in society. Places and the people who inhabit them often have secrets. Traditions and legends are created in numerous ways. Laughter is a gift that instantly lifts people's spirits.

the answer is both an appeal to ethos and logos (if that's what your question options were)

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !