Read the passage below before answering the question.
The Letter
(1) The envelope was yellowed at the edges, tucked between the pages of a cookbook that had belonged to Marcus's grandmother. He almost missed it — he had been sorting through her kitchen shelves for weeks, boxing up jars and old spice tins, when the letter slipped out and drifted to the floor like a leaf.
(2) His grandmother's handwriting filled the page, small and careful, dated June 1961. It was addressed to no one in particular — or rather, to 'whoever finds this.' Marcus sat on the kitchen floor and read.
(3) 'I am writing this because I want someone to know that I was not always the quiet woman in the corner,' the letter began. 'Before the children, before the house on Maple Street, before everyone called me "Grandma Rose," I played the trumpet in a jazz band. We played at a club on Friday nights on the south side, and I was good — good enough that a man from Chicago offered me a spot in his touring band. I said no. I said no because I was afraid that leaving would break my mother's heart. I have never told anyone this, not even my husband. But some nights I still hear the music, and I wonder.'
(4) Marcus read the letter twice. He thought about the trumpet case he had seen in the attic years ago, the one Grandma Rose had said was 'just junk from the old days.' He thought about how she hummed when she cooked, always jazz tunes, always under her breath, as if the music were a secret she was keeping from herself.
(5) He folded the letter carefully and placed it back inside the cookbook. He did not tell his mother, or his sister, or anyone. Some things, he decided, were not meant to be shared — only kept.
Which detail from the passage provides the strongest evidence that Grandma Rose gave up music reluctantly?
- AThe envelope was yellowed at the edges.
- BSome nights I still hear the music, and I wonder.
- CI have never told anyone this, not even my husband.
- DHe almost missed it.