A beautiful young woman stopped a taxi in a big square and said to the driver, "Do you see that young man at the other side of the square" "Yes," said the driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking at his watch every few seconds. "Take me over there," said the young woman. There were a lot of cars, buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi driver asked, "Are you afraid to cross the street" "Oh, no." said the young woman. "But I said I would meet that young man for lunch at one o’clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem that I have tried not to be too late.\
In fact, the young woman was ______.
A. not late
B. an hour late
C. forty-five minutes late
