Read the following plot summary. Then, answer the question that follows.


On the steamer headed for Virginia, Cecily was surrounded by her fellow Englishmen, and the new step she was taking didn't seem so frightening, but when the ship pulled into the harbor and the passengers disembarked, she began to doubt her sanity. In 1820, young ladies did not start "from scratch" in a new country without friends or family to shelter or support them, but Cecily's brother was here in this massive, unsettled country, and she was determined to find him. Working as a seamstress for wagon trains heading westward, she moved slowly across the nation, showing her engraving of Benjamin's face to anyone she met. After reaching the Rocky Mountains, she learned that a young Englishman was sick with cholera, and she quickly located her very sick brother. Nursing him through the worst of the disease, she eventually strengthened him enough to travel. They joined a new wagon train and made it to the Oregon country, where Benjamin purchased a section of land, and he and Cecily began the hard work of creating a new home together.


Which of the following correspondents would be a logical choice for a character letter from Cecily?

A Benjamin

B the ship's captain

C Aunt Lucy in Shropshire, England

D a landowner in the Oregon country

BRAINLESS IF RIGHT