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Which best express the narrator's motivation in the following sentence from the fourth paragraph?

"[I] heaved a sigh to think that by reason of the unworthines of women he must needs be the last of his race."

A) He is jelous because Mr. Brishner is handsome and dashing.

B) He is frustrated because women are unworthy of the gentlemanly Mr. Brishner.

C) He is relieved since Mr. Brishner is finally going to give him marriage advice.

D) He is joking because Mr. Brishner is fat and slovenly.​

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He is joking. D) He is joking because Mr. Brishner is fat and slovenly
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