The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one s own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with the government, this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for ___________, who care neither for the ___________, nor for the trees.

• A. middlemen, rich
• B. the government, poor
• C. touts, rich
• D. touts, poor