Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

Answer choices for the above question

A. “Loisel held her back, saying: ‘Wait a bit. You will catch cold outside. I will call a cab.’”

B. “Loisel possessed eighteen thousand francs which his father had left him. He would borrow the rest.”

C. “He went to police headquarters, to the newspaper offices to offer a reward; he went to the cab companies—everywhere, in fact, whither he was urged by the least spark of hope.”

D. “‘How stupid you are!’ her husband cried. ‘Go look up your friend, Madame Forestier, and ask her to lend you some jewels. You're intimate enough with her to do that.’”

The sentence that most strongly supports the answer to Question 7 is:

C. “He went to police headquarters, to the newspaper offices to offer a reward; he went to the cab companies—everywhere, in fact, whither he was urged by the least spark of hope.”

The correct answer is D. “‘How stupid you are!’ her husband cried. ‘Go look up your friend, Madame Forestier, and ask her to lend you some jewels. You're intimate enough with her to do that.’” This sentence supports the answer to Question 7 by indicating that Loisel suggests Madame Forestier could lend her some jewels.