Answer: C) indicating.
Step-by-step explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). The word "pointing" has different denotations, but the one that is used in the given excerpt from part one of "Trifles" is the corresponding to option C: indicating, this meaning corresponds to the definition: indicate a particular time, direction, or reading.