Why does Mr. Jabez Wilson write so much in "The Red-Headed League"?

A.

He is filing a police report.

B.

He is copying an encyclopedia.

C.

He is a tax lawyer.

D.

He is writing a detective story.

B. he is copying an encyclopedia

if yo read the story, you will see that it was just a plot to get him out of the shop so his assistant, who was actually a criminal, could spend time in the basement tunneling into the bank and steal the gold bulions in there

the answer is B