85 was the lucky number because therefore, he has a good chance of making a catch after 84 days of nothing
If the excerpt is,
<span>If I without discourtesy might quit this board,
And if my liege lady misliked it not,
I would come to your counsel before your court noble.
For I find it not fit, as in faith it is known,
When such a boon is begged before all these knights...
"She guided me in this guise to your glorious hall,
To assay, if such it were, the surfeit of pride
That is rumored of the retinue of the Round Table.
She put this shape upon me to puzzle your wits,...
"Behold , sir," said he, and handles the belt,
"This is the blazon of the blemish that I bear on my neck;
This is the sign of sore loss that I have suffered there;
For the cowardice and coveting that I came to there;
This is the badge of false faith that I was found in there,...
"No, by God," said Sir Gawain, "that granted me life,
I shall grudge not the guerdon, grim though it prove;
Bestow but one stroke, and I shall stand still,
And you may lay on as you like till the last of my part
be paid."
Then the answer would be </span>"Behold , sir," said he, and handles the belt,
"This is the blazon of the blemish that I bear on my neck;
This is the sign of sore loss that I have suffered there;
For the cowardice and coveting that I came to there;
This is the badge of false faith that I was found in there,...
Begin the citation<span> with the title of the specific </span>entry<span>, followed by the year of publication in round brackets</span>
This excerpt comes from the play “<em><u>The Little Foxes”</u></em> written by <u>Lillian Hellman.</u> The cunning Regina and her greedy brothers Ben and Oscar are scheming to extract money from her husband Horace’s business.
Question: Which best describes why Regina tells the group “I explained to Ben that perhaps you hadn’t answered his letters because you didn’t think he was offering you enough, and that the time was getting short and you could guess how much he needed you—”?
Answer: C. to convince Ben that he has been wise to trust what she has said
