Question

Which evidence from the text best demonstrates the pendulum's resentment toward the dial?

A.
"I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage; and I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign my reasons."
"it is vastly easy for you, Mistress Dial, who have always, as everybody knows, set yourself up above me, it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness!"
"but recollect that, although you may think of a million of strokes in an instant, you are
C. required to execute but one; and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in
Upon this, the weights, who had never been accused of light conduct, used all their
D. influence in urging him to proceed...

Answer 1

"It is vastly easy for you, Mistress Dial, who have always, as everybody knows, set yourself up above me, it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness!