Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5? A. "I desired the secretary to present my humble duty to the emperor; and to let him know, "that I thought it would not become me, who was a foreigner, to interfere with parties; but I was ready, with the hazard of my life , to defend his person and state against all invaders." B. "Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu , which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty." C. "This resolution perhaps may appear very bold and dangerous, and I am confident would not be imitated by any prince in Europe on the like occasion." D. "Whereupon the emperor his father published an edict, commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs."