Which social perception does H. G. Wells seem to be portraying in this
excerpt from The Time Machine?
I think that at that time none of us quite believed in the Time Machine.
The fact is, the Time Traveller was one of those men who are too
clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you
always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush,
behind his lucid frankness. Had Filby shown the model and explained
the matter in the Time Traveller's words, we should have shown him far
less scepticism. For we should have perceived his motives; a pork
butcher could understand Filby. But the Time Traveller had more than a
touch of whim among his elements, and we distrusted him. Things
that would have made the frame of a less clever man seemed tricks in
his hands.
A. Clever people are usually lethargic.
B. Clever people are often spontaneous.
C. Clever people are sometimes whimsical.
D. Clever people are very proud of themselves.
E. Clever people are insensitive to others.