听力原文：M：You have lived here a considerable time． Did you not say sixteen years？W：Eighte

听力原文：M：You have lived here a considerable time． Did you not say sixteen years？

W：Eighteen，sir，I came，when I was twenty，to wait on the mistress till she died at forty-eight，the master retained me for his housekeeper．

M：Indeed．

W：Ah，times are greatly Changed Since then!

M：Yes，you’ve seen a good many alterations，I suppose？

W：I have，and troubles too．

M：Why the landlord let Thrushcross Grange， and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior．Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good order？

W: Rich，sir! He has，nobody knows what money，and every year it increases．Yes，yes，he’s rich enough to

live in a finer house than this: but he's very near -- close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!

M: He had a son, it seems？

W: Yes, he had one -- he is dead.

M: And, that young lady is his widow？

W: Yes.

M: Where did she come from originally？

W: Why, sir, she is my late master's daughter: Catherine Clinton was her maiden name. I nursed her, poor thing! I did wish her family would remove here, and then we might have been together again.

How old is the housekeeper now？

A．Eighteen.

B．Twenty-eight.

C．Thirty-eight.

D．Forty-eight.