Which two quotes best support the main theme of the story?

A. “‘I won’t,’ said his friend doggedly. ‘I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t
blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again, like a sensible man.’”

B. “‘Likely,’ said Herbert, with pretend horror. ‘Why, we’re going to be rich, and
famous, and happy. Wish to be an emperor, father, to begin with; then you can’t
be henpecked.’”

C. “Mr. White dropped his wife’s hand, and rising to his feet, gazed with a look of
horror at his visitor. His dry lips shaped the words, ‘How much?’ / ‘Two hundred
pounds,’ was the answer.”

D. “But the days passed, and expectation gave place to resignation — the hopeless
resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled, apathy. Sometimes they hardly
exchanged a word, for now they had nothing to say.