A man decided to steal a valuable coin collection from a collector's house while the collector was away. Knowing that the house had an alarm system, the man contacted the pool cleaner who worked at the house twice a week. The man offered the pool cleaner part of the proceeds from selling the coin collection if she would disarm the alarm and leave a side door unlocked so that the man could enter the house. The pool cleaner pretended to agree but then contacted the police, who immediately arrested the man. In a jurisdiction that follows the common law and has adopted the bilateral requirement for conspiracy, what crime has the man committed?

a. Attempted burglary.
b. Attempted larceny.
c. Conspiracy.
d. Solicitation