Which sentence from paragraph two of "the black cat" offers the best explanation of the narrator's preference for animals over people? a "from my infancy i was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition." b "my tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions." c "this peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and, in my manhood, i derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure." d "to those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, i need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable."