What is the effect of the following passage? "Indeed, I have the finest army in the world. And welcome you, young prince of Phthia." His smile cut sharply. "is a pity you were so slow to come." PLEASE HELP!

A. Agamemnon is warmly welcoming Achilles to his army.
B. Agamemnon is mocking Achilles and alluding to the fact that his mother hid him instead of allowing him to fight
C. Achilles is expressing fatherly concern that they were all worried about Achilles and relieved he made it there safely .
D. Agamemnon admitting defeat and accepting that Achilles refuses to bow to him.

In achebe’s things fall apart, okonkwo finds his son nwoye’s signs of laziness "disquieting" because it reminds him of his wife his father his other son his younger self

It warportant fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "in another country" by ernest hemingway? a. it establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically it shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions b. c. it establishes the wounded soldiers' determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover. d. it shows the wounded soldiers' sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect e it shows the wounded soldiers' belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals.

Which two parts of this excerpt from authur conan doyle's " the contest " show policies lack of knowledge about the rules and restrictions of his society