The old man, Santiago, had not caught a fish in 84 days do to his crave of catching a much larger fish, the marlin. He is very old but a very experienced fisherman so therefore he has a lot of talent and a lot of wisdom to catch the marlin. Santiago catches the marlin and to his pleasure he eats off of this large fish for many days.
This leads her to believe that Darcy must have a personal reason for this visit; namely, that he is in love with Elizabeth (answer: C.)
The appropriate response is C, Emotions are ever changing. The stressed by Shelley's allegorical proclamation that "the way of its takeoff still is free" is feelings are regularly evolving.
