Question

"Cite evidence that most strongly and thoroughly supports an analysis of what the

text explicitly says in “The Interlopers".
The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a
rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The
chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has
been brought up under the code of a restraining civilisation cannot easily nerve
himself to shoot down his neighbour in cold blood and without word spoken, except
for an offence against his hearth and honour.
Why didn't the two neighbors start shooting at each other?"

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

although they did hate each other they both has respect for each other and couldn't kill each other in cold blood