In The First Men in the Moon, which statement best infers the value that Bedford places on their discovery of life on the moon?

A. "If we were to set fire to all this stuff," I said, "we might find the sphere among the ashes."
B."We could bring back lamps to carry and climbing irons, and a hundred necessary things."
C."There are methods of secrecy," I said.
D."The winged outline of the sun had sunk now, until it was scarcely the distance of its diameter from the rim of the sky."