The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders,-nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was,-all helped the emphasis. Who or what is described as being ‘like a stubborn fact?' A) the speaker B) the setting C) the emphasis D) the neck cloth

D) the neck cloth

Explanation:

The text shown above reveals that the neck cloth that the speaker was wearing had a violent and stubborn posture, looking like that at any moment he would surprise the speaker with a strong neck tightness, an uncompromising tightness, as if that cloth was irritated and misbehaved. , equal to a stubborn fact.

In other words, when the narrator presents the words "stubborn fact" he is referring to the neck cloth and the way it is behaving.