Read the excerpt from The Land."I'm ready to start getting to know him," I answered. "Not ready to mount him yet.""Now, what you mean by that? Get on that horse.""No, sir, I can't. You need to give me some time with him first.""Well, I don't have none of that."

The speaker refuses to give the narrator time to get to know the horse and insists, “Get on that horse.” Saying, “I don't have none of that,” shows that he is unwilling to wait. His attitude is impatient, so the best choice is C.

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