Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] They would never live to see the trip's end. So they made a few changes in their way of life—and many in their way of death! I cull tensio ." "I don't care a smidgen," he said, "if en they ayre." "Please," she said. "Justice is a priestly virtue," Harry said. "I hope he does I jest hope he does. He's th' one that's a-keepin' us all from our Reward, an' I jest hope he does heyar me, so he'll know I'm a-gittin' mighty tyird uv waitin'." of diligent mental application to abstruse points of doctrine. Cotian exentiati pablum re overum est : "Grass grows not in the middle of a busy thoroughfare." The baldness was the result of the diligent freshly cleaned for the occasion, and it rustled around him in silky sibilants. "Men," he said. And then, more loudly, "Men!" The hiss and sputter of conversation guttered away. "Men," he said. No sacrifice is too great." "True true." "That's quite so, y'know. I pride myself upon it, if I do say so." "Exactly. head and to the rear of the audience. "It puts me in mind of the parable of the six Vergios." Joanne Marie's husband sighed deeply. "Three, you will recall, were wise. When Prophet was at Meizque, they came to him and said, 'Prophet, we are afflicted. We have great sores upon our bodies.' The Prophet looked at them and did see that it was true. Then he blessed them and took out His knife and lay open their sores. For which the three wise Vergios were passing grateful. And within the last week, they were dead of infection. But three were foolish and hid their sores and these three did live." The captain rubbed his nose. " Calex i pundendem hoy , my children. 'Secrecy makes for a long life,' as it says in the Jarcon it away from here with you and think about it, tonight, in the privacy of your cabins. "And like the three wise Vergios who went to the Prophet, one of the crewmen came to me. He came to me, and he said: 'Father, I am weary of sailing.' "Yes, he said, 'I am weary of sailing.' "Now, don't you think I don't know that. Every one of you—every blessed one of you—is weary of sailing. I know that as well as I know my own name, yes. "But because he came to me and said, 'Father, I am weary of sailing,' He had intended, after the ceremony, to go about his duty as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened "And then the captain said: 'All right, Father,' he said, 'I will set the day for the Festival of the Casting Off!'" I went to the captain, and I said, 'Captain, the men are weary of Only after a long, long time did he roll over on his back and then it was merely to stare fixedly at the ceiling. It is entirely possible that he would have lain there until Doomsday had not his introspection been, around noon, interrupted by an over to behold it. I never will forget the Festival at which my father was accepted. He.... forced to flee from the city of Xan because the eldest son of the family had become involved in a conspiracy against the illustrious King Fod. As the Soong family was traveling...." "I don't like 'em anyway," said Wanda. over with and the public speaking done. II directly to his place at the head of the table, sat down and morosely began to work the cork out of his wine bottle with his teeth. "You'll spoil the flavor, shaking it that way," the third mate "Well, what do you think your decision will be, Father?" the steward asked. core point, the principle of casta cum mae stotiti ." The first mate nodded sagely. he died as miserable a death as anyone could desire." "Yes," said the second mate's wife. "I remember that. I read about it in the newspapers." ," continued Nestir, "and therefore constituted a clear out attempt to avoid his duty by hastening to his Reward." "That," he said to Nestir, "my dear Father, is the cardinal point of how we go, but also a question of leaving only after having done our duty. And that's equally important." in duty. It's all noble and self sacrificing." He scratched the back of his right hand. The second mate had been trying to get a word in edgewise for several minutes he finally succeeded by utilizing the temporary silence following the captain's outburst. "You don't need to worry about your leave that to me. I assure you, I have in mind a most ingenious method." it," he said, "at the proper time, sir. And I certainly hope—" His eyes swept the table. "I "He probably wouldn't have lived, anyway," the third mate said. "Puny baby." "As I see it," Nestir said, "if the intent was the natural maternal "Well, in that case, I see no reason why he shouldn't get his Reward." The captain rolled the wine over his tongue. "You were right, of course." The third mate turned triumphantly to the first mate. "There, I told you so." you have the greatest sensibility in questions of duty." duty log that's better un even th' captain's. An' hit's Martha an' me that gotta wait an' help th' next crew. Lord above knows how long time hit'll be afore we uns'll got ta have a Festival." "Oh, really, now. Now. Duty, duty," the captain reprimanded him mildly. "Duty! Duty! Duty! You all ur in a conspiracy. You all want me ta die uv old age." "Nonsense," said the steward. "We don't want anything of the sort. After all, someone has to orient the new crew." "There wouldn't be one short if he because you have to stay with your husband." "All right, so I am. But it's true. And if Carstar hadn't been killed, there would have been two short." She shot a wicked glance at Nestir. that: as her way to do her duty." "She's too young for you, dear," Jane said to her husband. "Oh, I don't know," the steward said. "Sometimes they're the best, I hear." III "But she does have three children." "Harry? Are you going to meet Wanda in the control room?" "Uh-huh." "I thought so. Well, remember this, dear: It isn't the day of the Changing of the Wives yet. Don't forget." consciousness. "Can't sleep here, my man," Harry explained. "Awww. Go way an' le' me 'lone, huh?" briskly. "This is the officers' corridor." "Oh? Ish it? Schorry. Shore schorry, shir. So schorry." Harry assisted him to the crew's corridor where he sank to the floor and relapsed once more into a profound slumber. Harry continued on to the control room. out about it, though. He'll figure the man was neglecting his duty." He blew a smoke ring. "Might even bar him from the Festival." "Yeah," said Harry, "the captain's funny that way." but after it was done with, the vast indignity of it came home to him even more poignantly than he had "If you'll excuse me, Father, I really should return to duty," said the crewman. "Quite all right, my son. Close the door after you." "I must say, fellow, your sense of duty is commendable."

<question>:
What is the moral of the parable of the six Vergios?

<options>:
A Secrecy makes for a long life.
B Duty first, then Reward.
C Fools live; the wise die.
D Fools die; the wise live.

<answer>:

A