Answer:
The narrator struggles with his reverence for his deceased friend and the smell of the cheese
The poem ends with the following verse:
"<em>And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side </em>
<em>Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, </em>
<em>In her sepulchre there by the sea— </em><em>In her tomb by the sounding sea.</em>"
This shows that the narrator goes to the side of his lover every 'night-tide'.
The answer is C. He lies down by her side in her tomb.
Individual vs individual (“he” vs the duke)