Which excerpt from The Death of Ivan llych can be used as textual evidence to support a thesis statement on the theme of loneliness?

c

Explanation:

Ivan Ilych settled down very pleasantly in this new town. The society there, which inclined towards opposition to the governor was friendly, his salary was larger, and he began to play * vint * [a form of bridge], which he found added not a little to the pleasure of life, for he had a capacity for cards, played good-humouredly, and calculated rapidly and astutely, so that he usually won.