Which passage from the text best supports the answer to Question 7? (THIS IS QUESTION 7 Which of the following inferences about AEgeus is best supported by the text?)

A. “‘Alas! alas! my son has perished!’ moaned AEgeus; and he fainted and fell forward into the sea and was drowned. And that sea, from then until now, has been called by his name, the Aegean Sea.”

B. “‘Now, indeed, I am bereft of all my treasures!’”

C. “‘I will hope that you may,’ said the old king. ‘If when this ship returns, I see a white sail spread above the black one, then I shall know that you are alive and well; but if I see only the black one, it will tell me that you have perished.’”

D. “Then AEgeus led him aside and with tears told him of the sad war with King Minos, and of the dreadful terms of peace. ‘Now, say no more,’ sobbed AEgeus, ‘it is better that a few should die even thus than that all should be destroyed.’”