The Insurance check represents false hope.
According to the description, the characters are:
1. Ammu Ira’s albino son: (Sacrabani)
2. Das Murugan’s abandoned wife: (AMMU)
3. Sacrabani orphan who lives on the city streets: (Puli)
4. Puli servant of Murugan’s former employee in the city: (DAS)
5. Sivaji landowner’s merchant who informs Nathan that he must leave the land: (THAMBI)
The statement 'The West Riding men are sleuth-hounds in pursuit of money' means that the riders from the west (or in layman's term, cowboys) are only interested gaining wealth or money. They are money-hungry people who'd find ways to make themselves as rich as possible.
Answer:
D. sneer
Explanation:
If the face is contempt, that would mean it thinks a person or thing is worthless and below them.
A sneer is a mocking smile that would show a contempt face.