In "The Fallacy of Success," Chesterton writes that the biographer of Vanderbilt "merely wished to prostrate himself before the mystery of a millionaire." Which of the following best describes the reference of the metaphor in this excerpt?

a bank vault

a corporate boardroom

a medical examination room

a religious ceremony

The metaphor is one of the most commonly used figures of speech in the Engish language. In addition to that, the specific literary device is defined as the term that is used to characterise objects that are not alike. Therefore, the reference of the metaphor is found in the excerpt would be that it could specify a bank vault.