Which sentence from “The Two Friends” best represents the primary theme of the story?

A.
And a kind of superstitious terror was superimposed on the hatred which they felt for this unknown and victorious people.

B.
[They] found themselves in agreement on the point that men would never be free.

C.
“And fishing! Ah! Nothing but a pleasant memory.”

D.
Paris was blockaded, starved, in its death agony.