Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage (paragraph 26)?
So the next night, after midnight, four men crossed Miss Emily's lawn and slunk about the house like burglars, sniffing along the base of the brickwork and at the cellar openings while one of them performed a regular sowing motion with his hand out of a sack slung from his shoulder. They broke open the cellar door and sprinkled lime there, and in all the outbuildings. As they recrossed the lawn, a window that had been dark was lighted and Miss Emily sat in it, the light behind her, and her upright torso motionless as that of an idol. They crept quietly across the lawn and into the shadow of the locusts that lined the street. After a week or two the smell went away.
Answer choices for the above question
A. The men spread lime around Emily’s house so that they have an excuse to look for Homer Barron.
B. The men spread the lime to help Emily cover up the murder of Homer Barron.
C. The men spread lime around Emily’s house in order to get rid of the odor of decay.
D. The men had been spreading lime to create a bad odor and sabotage Emily’s reputation.