Explanation: There are two independent clauses (the first ends at "paint job" and the second starts at "I have decided") with no punctuation or conjunctions between them. In this case, joining them with a semicolon would be optimal, given the relationship between the two.
C. From the looks of fear and distrust, he would have guessed that before long his arrival would be the talk of the whole town. He saw nothing of all this. People with trouble do not look behind.
