Read the following sentences from "The Destructors.
Old Misery—whose real name was Thomas—had once been a builder and decorator. He lived alone in the crippled house, doing for himself: once a week you could see him coming back across the common with bread and vegetables, and once as the boys played in the car-park he put his head over the smashed wall of his garden and looked at them.
Which of the following sentences is the best paraphrase of this excerpt?
Old Misery, a former builder and decorator, lived a peaceful life in his damaged house and made weekly trips for food. He paid little mind to the boys who played in the car-park.
Old Misery used to be a builder and decorator, but now he lived by himself in his damaged house. His weekly trips for food gave him cause to notice the boys who played in the car-park.
Old Misery had once been a builder and decorator and lived alone in his damaged house. He made weekly trips for food and once watched the boys playing in the car-park.
Old Misery, or Thomas, was a solitary man who had once been a builder and decorator. His house was damaged but he preferred to make weekly trips for food and saw the boys playing in the car-park.