C they think that sherlock could not serve the case till monday. I had this question a lot before
The answer is A. because there is a comma after and
Machiavelli's view of human nature is that people will be very attracted to power and will want to achieve it no matter what the means. The term "machiavellian" is often associated with deceit, deviousness, ambition and brutality, which is what rulers most often exhibited around the time the book was written (1513).
