|Question 15Verbal

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The following text is from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willow. The Rat is looking for the Mole, his friend, in the woods.

[The Rat] had patiently hunted through the wood for an hour or more, when at last to his joy he heard a little answering cry. Guiding himself by the sound, he made his way through the gathering darkness to the foot of an old beech tree.
As used in the text, what does the word "guiding" most nearly mean?
Withdrawing
A
Presenting
B
Instructing
C
Steering
D