"It is a circumstance worth mentioning that each of these three old gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, were early lovers of the Widow Wycherly, and had once been on the point of cutting each other's throats for her sake."

In what way is this fact likely to influence the plot of this story?

A) The three men are probably going to go into business together and make a lot of money.
B) The three men are likely to become the best of friends over the course of the story.
C) The three men are likely to fight again since they once were enemies in the past.
D) The three men are all going to turn against Dr. Heidegger and destroy him.