REad the passage from chapter 9 which begins "There went with the house the usual legend about the Yankees" and ends ",,,Aunt Alexandra didn't understand girls much, she'd never had one" carefully before you choose your answer.

In the first sentence, the word "usual" serves primarily to

(A) imply that the story probably was not true

(B) distract the reader from the heroism of the story

(C) show the narrator's comtempt for the legend

(D) impress the reader with the family's lineage

(E) hint that every family in the area had a similar story