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"'He’s looked that way ever since he had his smash-up; and that’s twenty-four years ago come next February.' Harmon threw out between reminiscent pauses." What is the BEST description of "reminiscent pauses" in this sentence?
A) awkwardly spoken pauses
B) pauses to laugh or giggle
C) pauses to recall things from the past
D) softly spoken pauses from embarrassment