阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was during those hard days in a small community． Food was in short supply． I used to stop by Mr．Miller's stand for 41
One particular day, while Mr．Miller was 42 some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy 43 admiring a basket of green peas． Soon I was also 44 to the fresh green peas．
The boy left． Mrs．Miller _ 45 to me and said, "There are two other such boys in our 46 _, all from poor families． Jim always offers to 47 our produce for their marbles（弹珠）． He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles 48 ．Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for 49 ．" I left the stand, 50 with this man．
Years later, I went back to visit some 51 in that community and while I was there I learned Mr．Miller had died． I agreed to 52 my friends to see Mrs．Miller． Upon our arrival, we offered whatever words of 53 ． Ahead of us were three young men． They moved to the casket（棺椁）． Mrs．Miller's eyes followed them 54 each young man placed his own 55 hand over the cold pale hand and then left．
