Read the passage from Chapter 12 which begins at the beginning of the chapter and ends “That kind of thing’s pretty dry to most men.”

In the paragraph beginning “The fact that I had,” the effect of the last sentences, “I stayed miserable for the two days,” is to

A. reinforce the narrator’s unhappiness

B. reiterate the important role Dill played in the narrator’s life

C. hint at the depth of the narrator’s love for Dill

D. highlight the emptiness of the narrator’s crush on Dill

E. reveal the childlike quality of the narrator’s crush on Dill