PART B: Which paragraph from the short story best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "He threw himself eagerly into these studies — so much so that the
banker had enough to do to get him the books he ordered." (Paragraph
16)
B. "'To-morrow at twelve o'clock he will regain his freedom. By our
agreement I ought to pay him two million. If I do pay him, it is all over with
me: I shall be utterly ruined.'" (Paragraph 21)
C. "At the table a man unlike ordinary people was sitting motionless. He was
a skeleton with the skin drawn tight over his bones, with long curls like a
woman's and a shaggy beard." (Paragraph 29)
D. "'And I have only to take this half-dead man, throw him on the bed, stifle
him a little with the pillow, and the most conscientious expert would find
no sign of a violent death.'" (Paragraph 30)
