Read the excerpt from the passage.
(1) I could have taken "No" and gone away decently and never bothered
her again. I told her so straight out in the first angry flush of my
rejection-but this string business, with everything left hanging in the
air, so to speak, made a fellow feel like thirty cents.
What does the phrase "string business" mean in the passage?
Select to read "Jones" from The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI (of X)
by Lloyd Osbourne (excerpt)
OA. an unfortunate breakup
B. an uncertain situation
C. a sewing company
D. a humiliated man