The reader can infer that Tom does not like to do what he is told. Which sentence from the text best supports this inference?
A.
He would put his hands in his pockets, his chair on Nell's dress, and his feet on the window–sill.
B.
"What are pockets for? I'd like to know, if not to put one's hands in," and Tom would whistle and march off.
C.
...and though Tom occasionally growled in a good natured way about its being too low, the boots always came down to its level.
D.
Yet for the next three days at least, he would take special pains to keep every hair in its place, simply to please little sister.