Item — sat-dog

Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

The following text is from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel _Dracula_. The narrator is being driven in a carriage through a remote region at night. The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from every side. I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear. The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed; he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness.

Which choice best combines the two sentences at the end of the passage into a single sentence with correct punctuation?

A
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed; he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness.
B
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness.
C
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, but I could not see anything through the darkness as he kept turning his head to left and right.
D
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, and, although he kept turning his head to left and right, I could not see anything through the darkness.

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