16. How does the following quote develop Dr. Druring's point of view?

"His wife and daughters, not sharing his curiosity regarding the works and ways of our ill-starred fellow-creatures, were, with needless austerity, excluded from what he called the Snakery, and doomed to companionship with their own kind" (Paragraph 8)

A. Dr. Druring considers his wife and daughters' disinterest in snakes to be regrettable for them.

B. Dr. Druring resents his wife and daughters' apprehension toward snakes and criticism of his work.

C. Dr. Druring is protective of his snakes and unwilling to allow his wife and daughters to enter the Snakery.

D. Dr. Druring is secretive about his work with snakes and unwilling to allow his family to enter the Snakery.

Story : The Man and the Snake