“He would think you’re more beautiful than Helen. I’m almost sorry he won’t be here to see it.”

“Almost sorry?”

“Almost. At moments like this—you look so good those ancient gods are going to come alive again with envy.”

“What do you mean, come alive again? What are you saying about the gods?”

“Vita, Greek polytheism is an extinct belief,” she said, and laughed. And then she stopped and looked at me strangely. “When people stopped believing in the gods, they no longer had power. They don’t exist anymore. You must have known that.”

Read the dialogue above. Who is speaking in the underlined sentence?
a.
Mr. Farfel
c.
Mother
b.
Vita
d.
Teacher