"Boys," said he, "I have thought of a plan. You know what a plague it is to have to stand in the quagmire yonder. See, I am bedaubed to the knees, and you are all in the same plight.

Within the context of this sentence, what does the word quagmire mean?

A)
an area of rocky ground

B)
an area of soft, wet ground

C)
an area of hard, dry ground

D)
an area of dense, weedy ground