7. How does the following quote develop Dr. Druring's point of view? "His wife and daughters, not sharing his curiosity regardin
g the works and ways of our ill- starred fellow-creatures, were, with needless austerity, excluded from what he called the Snakery, and doomed to companionship with their own kind” (Paragraph 8) A Dr. Druring considers his wife and daughters disinterest in snakes to be regrettable for them.
B Dr. Druring resents his wife and daughters" apprehension toward snakes and criticism of his work.
C Dr. Druring is protective of his snakes and unwilling to allow his wife and daughters to enter the Snakery.
D Dr. Druring is secretive about his work with snakes and unwilling to allow his family to enter the Snakery