Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
some weeks later there was a curious scene enacted at l’abri. in the centre of the smoothly swept back yard was a great bonfire. armand aubigny sat in the wide hallway that commanded a view of the spectacle; and it was he who dealt out to a half dozen negroes the material which kept this fire ablaze.
a graceful cradle of willow, with all its dainty furbishings, was laid upon the pyre, which had already been fed with the richness of a priceless layette. then there were silk gowns, and velvet and satin ones added to these; laces, too, and embroideries; bonnets and gloves; for the corbeille had been of rare quality.
in this excerpt from “désirée’s baby,” the bonfire symbolizes
a. armand’s reputation
b. security and strength
c. death and destruction
d. the end of armand’s innocence