The continuation of this quote is "... Nor was so worldly as to gain office".
The best quote for this is <span>“Under kings you have war abroad; under the
Republic you have war at home.” We kow this because the main theme of this short story portrays Paris in complete devastation and the poeple from the provinces fighting and defending the city while inhabitants of Paris don't care about it. </span>
Even though I haven't read the story, based on textual clues in these sentences I would say the correct answer is <span>B. “The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds.”
The reason why is that you can't really have a watch lined with diamonds unless you've worked really hard to get it. This man has hustled his whole life and in the end, he has done well for himself in life, which is evident by his expensive watch. </span><span>
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Because people look to art as an answer
for example each piece of art has a meaning to it
