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Which conclusion about John Clayton is supported by evidence in the passage? from Out to Sea
Chapter 1 of Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Lord Greystoke (John Clayton) and his wife, Lady Alice, are sailing to Africa in an official capacity for the British government. They have just learned that the ship's crew is planning mutiny against the captain and officers. Clayton had recently intervened to prevent the captain from harming a crew member, Black Michael.

"Deuced cheerful outlook, Alice," said Clayton.
"You should warn the captain at once, John. Possibly the trouble may yet be averted," she said.
"I suppose I should, but yet from purely selfish motives I am almost prompted to 'keep a still tongue in my 'ead.' Whatever they do now they will spare us in recognition of my stand for this fellow Black Michael, but should they find that I had betrayed them there would be no mercy shown us, Alice."
"You have but one duty, John, and that lies in the interest of vested authority. If you do not warn the captain you are as much a party to whatever follows as though you had helped to plot and carry it out with your own head and hands."
"You do not understand, dear," replied Clayton. "It is of you I am thinking—there lies my first duty. The captain has brought this condition upon himself, so why then should I risk subjecting my wife to unthinkable horrors in a probably futile attempt to save him from his own brutal folly? You have no conception, dear, of what would follow were this pack of cutthroats to gain control of the Fuwalda."
"Duty is duty, John, and no amount of sophistries may change it. I would be a poor wife for an English lord were I to be responsible for his shirking a plain duty. I realize the danger which must follow, but I can face it with you."
"Have it as you will then, Alice," he answered, smiling. "Maybe we are borrowing trouble. While I do not like the looks of things on board this ship, they may not be so bad after all, for it is possible that the 'Ancient Mariner' was but voicing the desires of his wicked old heart rather than speaking of real facts.
"Mutiny on the high sea may have been common a hundred years ago, but in this good year 1888 it is the least likely of happenings.
"But there goes the captain to his cabin now. If I am going to warn him I might as well get the beastly job over for I have little stomach to talk with the brute at all."

A. After speaking with Lady Alice, Clayton is certain that his first duty is to ensure his and his wife's safety.
B. Clayton is hesitant to get involved because he fears the brutal nature of the ship's captain.
C. After speaking with Lady Alice, Clayton believes that he should stand up for the rights of the ship's crew.
D. Clayton is hesitant, arguing with himself and then with his wife about what his duty ought to be.

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