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B) whether its intent has been compromised.
Explanation:
Incomplete question. I referred to a similar situation.
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<u>D. a central character whose trustworthiness the reader is invited to doubt</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
We can make such a conclusion because <em>the narrator</em> in the passage isn't speaking from the point of view who knows about the community's history and practices. But is open to doubts from his readers.
After his arrival in Britain, Hastings and his interests were largely ignored by the British businessmen. Through this hyperbolic remark by Hastings, Twain tells the reader that English society at the time was generally unsympathetic toward foreigners.
