"There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them
explicit orders not to stir from the house."
Explanation:
The correct option is D because he not only stated that there would no one at home but he also explained why they were not around because the attendants absconded to "make merry in honor of the time" and he had explicitly asked them not to move from the house, that he would be home by morning but they had disobeyed.
