Which of the following inferences about the letter's recipient is best supported by the passage below (paragraphs 6-7)?
It was a pleasure to me to find in your letter the name of Professor Horacek; I keep for that lovable
and learned man a great veneration and a gratitude that endures through the years. Will you, please,
tell him how I feel; it is very good of him still to think of me, and I know how to appreciate it.
The verses which you kindly entrusted to me I am returning at the same time. And I thank you once
more for your great and sincere confidence, of which I have tried, through this honest answer given
to the best of my knowledge, to make myself a little worthier than, as a stranger, I really am.
A. The recipient of the letter is a close family friend.
B. The recipient is paying the author for his advice.
C. The recipient asked the author to share a few of his own poems in return.
D. The recipient of the letter is a college student or recent graduate.
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