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)
"To-morrow at twelve o'clock he will regain his freedom. By our agreement !
ought to pay him two million. If I do pay him, it is all over with me: I shall be
utterly ruined." (Paragraph 21)
"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)
"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)
D.