Which of the following contains an example of a simile?
a. "he was ashamed of his belief, when poole presently returned to announce that dr. jekyll was gone out."
b. "round the comer from the by-street there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate"
c. "mr. hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath."
d." so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen."