What makes this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens an example of direct characterization?

The elderly female was a woman of wisdom and experience; she knew what was good for children; and she had a very accurate perception of what was good for herself. So, she appropriated the greater part of the weekly stipend to her own use, and consigned the rising parochial generation to even a shorter allowance than was originally provided for them. Thereby finding in the lowest depth a deeper still; and proving herself a very great experimental philosopher.

A) The author openly states a character’s traits.

B) The author talks about a character’s appearance.

C) The author describes a character’s dialogue.

D) The author shows a character’s actions to hint at her traits.

In literature, direct characterization occurs when the author or narrator of a text directly states the way a character is or looks, this implies the narrator tells the reader the character appearance or personality. In the case of the excerpt presented direct characterization can be seen in "was a woman of wisdom and experience" or " she had a very accurate perception" because, in this, the narrator or author describes or states the personality traits of a female character which means the author directly presents the character by focusing on the traits rather than on the appearance of the character described.