Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion
He saw nothing, he had no knife or sharp instrument, the grating of the window was of iron and he had too often assured himself of its solidity. His furniture consisted of a bed, a chair, a table, a pail, and a jug. The bed had iron clamps, but they were screwed to the wall and it would have required a screwdriver to take them off.
Dantes had but one resource which was to break the jug and with one of the sharp fragments attack the wall. He left the jug fall on the floor and it broke in pieces. He concealed two or three of the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor. The breaking of the jug was too natural an accident to excite suspicion, and next morning gaoler went grumblingly to fetch another, without giving himself the trouble to remove the fragments. Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as guard departed.
Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as the guard departed.
The guard departed from the store room after shut/ lock the store room. Dantes had heard sound only that was coming from store's lock room.
Dantes heard the sound of the key grating in the lock when the storeroom was shut, indicating that the gaoler had left.
This allowed Dantes to start working on his escape plan.
In my view, the answer must be either A or B. As the Dantes is in a cell not in the storeroom. Then how come D?