Read the excerpt from The Land. I gave him one. "He's got no hold," I said. Mitchell looked at me, then kept on with what he was doing.

Ray Sutcliffe smiled. "Well, you ride for me today, and I'll make it worth your while."

I glanced at Mitchell and took my time before I asked, "Mister Sutcliffe, what're you figuring as worth my while?"

This dialogue advances the plot of the story by showing that Sutcliffe

A. will offer Mitchell money to ride his horse.
B. will pay Paul to ride his horse.
C. is not willing to negotiate with Paul.
D. is suspicious of Paul’s motives.

Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings. unoriginal well-groomed numerous he was a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored and imperially slim. (from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson) this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. (from "we wear the mask" by paul lawrence dunbar) . .if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand. . (from "poetry" by marianne moore)