Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in the context of the passage. (191-195) I had now been jobless for nearly eighteen months. Disillusionment had given place to a deepening, poisoning hatred; showly but surely I was hating these people who could so casu ally, so unfeelingly deny me the right to earn a living. I was considered too well educated, too good for the lowly jobs and too black for anything better.... Caught like an insect in the tweezer grip of prejudice, I felt myself striking out in unrea soning retaliation. I became distrustful of every glance of gesture, seeking to probe behind them to expose the antipathy and intolerance which, I felt sure, was there. I was no longer disposed to extend to English women or elderly people on buses and trains those essential courtesies which, from childhood, I had accorded them as a rightful tribute and even foundSolaring in undisguised hostility at small children whose innocently enquiring eyes were attracted by my unfamiliar complexion. Fortunately, for me, this cancerous condition was not allowed to establish itself firmly. Linow and then and in spite of myself, some person or persons would say or do somu co utterly unselfish and friendly that I would temporarily forget my difficulties and hurts. It from such an unexpected quarter that I received the helpful advice which changed whole course of my life. I had been sitting beside the lake in St. James's Park, idly watching the ducks as they dived for the bits of food thrown to them by passers-by. Near me was seated a thin, bespec tacled old gentleman who occasionally commented on the colour of habits of various species. He sounded quite knowledgeable, but I was in no mood for that sort of thing and mentally dismissed him as just a garrulous old crank. He did not seem to mind my unresponsive attitude, however and presently addressed me directly. 'Been in England long, young man?' I turned to look at him with what I hoped was a sufficiently cutting glance to discourage his overtures; I did not feel at all like conversation, especially on the very painful subject of being in England.194. Which one of the following qualities of the author is reflected in the passage?

• A. courtesy
• B. rebelliousness
• C. tolerance
• D. selflessness