Which sentence from the passage best supports the assertion that the driver had some power over the wolves?
A) "Just then a heavy cloud passed across the face of the
moon, so that we were again in darkness."
B) "This startled me, but as the effect was only
momentary, I took it that my eyes deceived me
straining through the darkness."
C) "As he swept his long arms, as though brushing aside some impalpable obstacle, the wolves fell back and back further still"
D) "It grew colder and colder still, and fine, powdery
snow began to fall, so that soon we and all around us
were covered with a white blanket."