All things were as _________ in the temple as ever I had seen them. The windows of the room of that side, __________ occupied by my friend, were dark and still, and there was no lounger in Garden court. I walked past the fountain twice or thrice before I ___________ the steps that were between me and my rooms, but I was quite alone.

• A. stoned, hurriedly, put
• B. clean, mildly, accepted
• C. broken, widely, envisaged
• D. quiet, lately, descended
• E. created, largely, took