Read these lines: "He scorned the provisions made in the name of charity for the city s dependents. In Soapy s opinion the Law was more benign than Philanthropy. If not in coin you must pay in humiliation of spirit for every benefit received at the hands of philanthropy. Wherefore it is better to be a guest of the law, which though conducted by rules, does not meddle unduly with a gentleman s private affairs." According to the quoted lines, he preferred arrest to charity because

1. The quoted lines set two providers against each other, the Law and Philanthropy. 2. Charity is said to charge a price, and the price is named as humiliation of spirit. 3. The law is said to work by rules and not to meddle unduly with a man's private affairs. 4. So one takes his pride and the other does not, which is option B. 5. Option C compares the food, but the comparison in the quoted lines is about dignity rather than meals. _Source: O. Henry, The Four Million (1906), public domain_