Which two words could correctly replace the word indulgently as it is used in this excerpt from Ernest Buckler’s "Penny in the Dust"? "It was all over losing a penny or something, wasn’t it?" she went on, when I didn’t answer. It was. She laughed indulgently, "You were a crazy kid, weren’t you?" I was. But there was more to it than that. I had never seen a brand-new penny before. I thought they were all black. This one was bright as gold. And my father had given it to me.

a, adoringly b,meanly c, mockingly d, kindly e, tauntingly