The following is from a 1930s short story. Each Sunday morning, Aunt Catherine donned her best gloves and walked to St. Margaret's for the early service. Each Sunday afternoon, she walked to the cemetery, where she spent precisely one hour standing beside a headstone whose inscription she had long ago memorized. Each Sunday evening, she returned to her empty house and prepared a dinner for one.
Which inference is most strongly supported by the passage?
- A
Aunt Catherine attends the late service rather than the early one
- B
Aunt Catherine has many family members at home awaiting her return
- C
Aunt Catherine is unfamiliar with the cemetery
- Dcheck_circle
Aunt Catherine's Sundays follow a ritual organized around someone she has lost
Explanation
Weekly cemetery visit to a memorized headstone plus dinner for one supports A. B contradicts "empty house"; C contradicts memorization; D contradicts "early service."