Answer:
The answer is they make him sad and lonely
The first option is correct.
When will you be able to meet for lunch, Grandpa Henry?
I would say that the example of satire among these options is d. Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything.
Twain is criticizing and mocking the English for settling everything in such a trivial manner as betting.
