What inference can be made about the old man based on the following line?

Question

“It is nothing but the wind in the chimney –it is only a mouse crossing the floor,” or “It is merely
a cricket which has made a single chirp.”
A. He can’t get back to sleep due to the noise.
B. He is trying to comfort the narrator.
C. He is trying to figure out the sounds.
D. He is trying to calm his own fears

Answer 1

D. He is trying to calm his own fears