I think it is French, because they say things that sound backwards to us, we say "The blue car" whereas they would say "The car blue"
I could be wrong but I think the answer is D.
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The answer is D. Mitty would rather dream than attend to errands. He's not literally shooting a pistol, so B and C are not the answer. A. can't really be proved with this passage, also he specifies what biscuit he wants.
