Answer:
D, "It was only my whim," [The Parson] said; and, after a moment's hesitation: "It was on account of a discovery I made some little time ago, whilst I was hunting up pedigrees for the new county history."
Explanation:
This passage acknowledges the Parson's inclination to refer to Jack Durbeyfield as Sir John in jest. He does so because, in his scouring of the county history, he discovered that Jack belonged to the ancient and knightly family of the d'Urbervilles.
A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently<span>, </span>quite<span>, </span>then<span>, </span>there<span> ).</span>
There are people who watch the fire everyday they have meetings regularly and Jack is always out hunting. The littluns sleep play and eat. When they awaken more towards noon the water rises and things that aren't rlly there seem to be.