This is from Romeo and Juliette, Act 1 Scene 1. In this part of the
scene, Romeo explains to his cousin Benvolio that he's in love with a
girl named Rosaline, that she is beautiful and smart. However, he tells
Benvolio that she doesn't have the same feelings for him and that she's
sworn to live a life of chastity, which causes Romeo to "despair".
I say it is probably b because law is a list of rules to go by ladder don’t really know but pretty sure it doesn’t mean that I’m assuming it is b because we learned that a long time ago but don’t know if it the same meaning for you