Which sentence from “The Two Friends” best represents the primary theme of the story?

A

And a kind of superstitious terror was superimposed on the hatred which they felt for this unknown and victorious people.

B

[They] found themselves in agreement on the point that men would never be free.

C

“And fishing! Ah! Nothing but a pleasant memory.”

D

Paris was blockaded, starved, in its death agony.