In this passage, almost nothing. I suppose because at 41 he was hale and healthy until he took a job on a railway babysitting a box of guns on a 200 mile rail journey, he lost his health. But to conclude much more is a travesty and the answer should not be anything.
So you should probably choose B. He is hale and hardy because (it is inferred ) he has avoided marriage.
C. In persuasive text you are trying to get someone who thinks differently to believe in something else, in order to do so you must acknowledge other viewpionts and make rebuttle statements to actually get people to agree with you.
A four letter word for market or store is a shop
