And with that much introduction, that and a couple of sovereigns flung upon the table, he took up his quarters in the inn. the author of the passage uses the word flung in this sentence a) to show that the stranger was tired and cold. b) to show that the stranger was impatient and insistent. c) to show the stranger's response to mrs. hall's rudeness. d) to show that the stranger had been in the parlour before.