The narrator says about miss taylor that "the mildness of her temper had hardly allowed her to impose any restraint" in order to show that miss taylor was easily angered and often argued with emma. miss taylor believed rules were important for children. miss taylor did not have an interesting personality. miss taylor was a sweet person who gave emma few rules. excerpt from emma by jane austen

answer: b) bubbling its way

explanation: an adjective is a word or a group of words that modifies a noun (name, thing, place,

in this case, the first option "to heartily enjoy" isn't describing or modifying any noun, the third option "hiking along merrily" is describing an action but it doesn't modify any noun, the last option "beside us" is just a preposition that indicates position, so the correct answer is the second one: "bubbling its way" because it is modifying the noun "stream".