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Answer: D.
Explanation: In "The Petrified Man", by Eudora Welty, the reader can infer that Mrs. Fletcher wants to hang on to old-fashioned culture. The story takes place in Leota's beauty parlor where Mrs. Fletcher has come for a shampoo. During the hour the treatment lasts both women engage in gossiping about other people. But, Mrs. Fletcher becomes angry when she hears that her belly is town talk.