For forty years, Silas Thorne maintained the town clock in the bell tower of St. Jude’s. Unlike his predecessor, who had frequently complained about the bone-chilling drafts and the steep, spiral stairs, Silas possessed an uncomplaining temperament that made him suited for the solitary work. He climbed the tower twice a day, in the freezing damp of winter and the stifling heat of summer, without a single murmur of discontent. To the townspeople, Silas was a ghost who lived among gears, but to those who visited his workshop, his patience was his defining characteristic. He would spend hours adjusting a single escapement wheel, his hands moving with a deliberate, slow precision. Although he was slow in his movements, he was never lazy; rather, he was intensely focused on the mechanical perfection of his timepieces. Indeed, his logs showed that he valued accuracy above all else, recording even a one-second deviation with meticulous concern.
According to the passage, which of the following is a trait explicitly attributed to Silas Thorne?
- AA tendency to perform work slowly because of a general laziness
- BA vocal dissatisfaction with the physical demands of climbing the tower
- An uncomplaining disposition that fit the isolation of his jobAnswer
- DAn indifference to minor errors in the timepieces he adjusted