He came down with the flu.
Or
He fell ill.
If you forgive someone, you don’t automatically trust them again. If they did you something wrong in the past, you might forgive them to move on from the situation but you might not trust them again because you are now aware to the things that they’ve done in the last. Old wounds can’t heal without trust or assurances
Blight means ruin and disaster. Words and phrases that indicate and support this meaning are: "the last bitter hour" (denoting death), "stern agony, and shroud, and pall" (also denoting death, but this time in an even more literal way), "breathless darkness", "make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart" (these phrases definitely imply a disaster that takes our breath away).
The answer is C
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