You came because you believed in the country, that it could be better. When there was chaos and fighting, you believed there could be peace and resolution. In the middle of a time that everyone gave up, you believed that there was still hope.
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I think it might be D), but im unsure. It just seams to fit the theme of how <span>Nick said "</span>The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East."