Read this excerpt from The First Men in the Moon. His mind ran on machines and invention, to the exclusion of a thousand dark things that beset me. It wasn't that he intended to make any use of these things, he simply wanted to know them. "After all," he said, "this is a tremendous occasion. It is the meeting of two worlds! What are we going to see? Think of what is below us here."

What is the author’s purpose in Mr. Bedford‘s description of Mr. Cavor above?
A) The author is revealing that Mr. Cavor’s desire to learn is more important to him than the danger he faces.
B) The author is contrasting the inventions on the moon to those on earth.
C) The author is signaling Mr. Cavor’s foolishness in ignoring Mr. Bedford’s warnings about the Selenites.
D) The author is creating tension between Mr. Bedford and Mr. Cavor.