Which line from "Cruel Tribute” best supports the idea that the elders help to advance the plot?
A
"O mighty king," they said, "what have we done that you should wish thus to destroy us from the earth?"B
“But we do deny it—we do deny it!”C
“What is the tribute which you require?”D
“It is better that a few should perish than that the whole city should be destroyed,” they said.