Which of the following examples from the text best support your response to the previous question?

a
"Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse."
b
"Never before had I heard such a beautiful sound. In such silence."
c
"'I... I'm afraid... They'll break... my violin... I... I brought it with me.'"
d
"Who was this madman who played the violin here, at the edge of his own grave?"

a. "Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse."