Based on the details in the excerpt, which inference can be made?

Responses

Will does not care for the breakfast that the innkeeper has prepared.
Will does not care for the breakfast that the innkeeper has prepared.

Will plans to lead the soldiers away from the horses in the woods.
Will plans to lead the soldiers away from the horses in the woods.

The innkeeper is pretending to be unfriendly to protect Will.
The innkeeper is pretending to be unfriendly to protect Will.

Brown accepts orders from the other soldier because he is Brown’s boss.
Brown accepts orders from the other soldier because he is Brown’s boss.

1 answer

Based on the details in the excerpt provided, the most likely inference is:

The innkeeper is pretending to be unfriendly to protect Will.

This inference suggests that the innkeeper's actions may be strategic in order to keep Will safe, even if the other options could be valid in different contexts.