The best answer would be D
Charlie's relationship with Miss Kinnian early in the story, before the operation is that <span>hey were friendly to each other. They had a respectful relationship but nothing beyond that..
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It's D your choice as commas, split an explanation while the conjunction 'but' links two sentences. No need to separate them by using a semicolon.