4. Which statement best explains why Mansfield is repeating the day Tom Harper died?
A. "Rumour also had it that Tom Harper had made a million dollars in the city, and was
coming back someday to face down Thad Ruskin and carry off Susy." (Paragraph 10)
B. "I won't ever forget you," Susy cried passionately, "and neither will anyone else. They all
just stood here and let my father kill you! I'll see that they don't get off easy!"
(Paragraph 18)
C. "I bet I've run from Mrs Baxter's over to the store lots of times for lots of reasons, but I
don't remember ever running across for anything but to see Tom Harper." (Paragraph
30)
D. "He was still going on with the same motions every day, but his doubt — something
that made him know the whole business was fishy- also made him go faster."
(Paragraph 34)