"To prove to you in action how I despise all that you live by, I renounce
the two millions of which I once dreamed as of paradise and which now
I despise. To deprive myself of the right to the money I shall go out from
here five hours before the time fixed, and so break the compact..."
What does this paragraph say about the lawyer's character at this point of
the story?
A) He is willing to live by his new convictions.
B) He has gone insane and hates riches.
C) He was never willing to live up to the bet.
D) He no longer believes in life imprisonment.