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which version of this sentence from a research paper written in mla format is punctuated correctly? the source quoted in the sentence is from page 44 of jeffrey cleghorn's book titled the novel in america.

a) when the author henry james finally met the author edith wharton, the two "began a friendship that lasted the rest of their lives" (44) cleghorn.

b) when the author henry james finally met the author edith wharton, the two "began a friendship that lasted the rest of their lives" (cleghorn 44).

c) when the author henry james finally met the author edith wharton, the two "began a friendship that lasted the rest of their lives" cleghorn, (44).

d) when the author henry james finally met the author edith wharton, the two "began a friendship that lasted the rest of their lives" (the novel in america, cleghorn, 44).