Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of the awakening. when doctor mandelet dined with the pontelliers on thursday he could discern in mrs. pontellier no trace of that morbid condition which her husband had reported to him. she was excited and in a manner radiant. she and her father had been to the race course, and their thoughts when they seated themselves at table were still occupied with the events of the afternoon, and their talk was still of the track. which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt?

a. the first-person point of view is an omniscient observer.
b. the third-person point of view is an omniscient observer.
c. the first-person point of view is voiced by the subjective edna pontellier.
d. the third-person point of view is voiced by the objective doctor mandelet.