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Answer:
Stewards were kitchen staff.
Explanation:
On ships, stewards were typically the staff to prepare and serve meals to passengers. You can infer this by the fact they are the only group remaining in the dining area and are implied to be ship staff by the statement "...they were gossiping about their passengers."
I would venture to say that D. makes the most sense. All of the answers seem relevant but the last one seems to have the most information pertaining to the footnote. Hope this helps!
The answer would be letter b...........hope it helps