Which of the following quotes best represents the central conflict in "marigolds"?
a. "suddenly i was ashamed, and i did not like being ashamed. the child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that i had led."
b. "by the time i was fourteen, my brother joey and i were the only children left at our house, the older ones having left home for early marriage or the lure of the city, and the two babies having been sent to relatives who might care for them better than we."
c. "it ain’t right. ain’t no man ought to eat his woman’s food year in and year out, and see his children running wild. ain’t nothing right about that."
d. "but our real fun and our real fear lay in miss lottie herself. miss lottie seemed to be at least a hundred years old."