Excerpt from An Enemy of the People
Henrik Ibsen

Mrs. Stockmann. (Turns to the hall door, listening.) I expect that is Mr. Hovstad coming.

Billing. Very likely.

(PETER STOCKMANN comes in. He wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.)

Peter Stockmann. Good evening, Katherine.

Mrs. Stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). Ah, good evening--is it you? How good of you to come up and see us!

Peter Stockmann. I happened to be passing, and so--(looks into the dining-room). But you have company with you, I see.

Mrs. Stockmann (a little embarrassed). Oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (Hurriedly.) Won't you come in and have something, too?

Peter Stockmann. I! No, thank you. Good gracious--hot meat at night! Not with my digestion,
When Peter Stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance help to reveal about his character?

A) He is sensible and practical.
B) He is rather dark and forbidding.
C) He has an air of importance about him.
D) He is somewhat elderly and moves slowly.