About a quarter of the tramps and beggars the author met were _______.

A．that it was a disaster for which the individuals were to blame
B．the shock that it should have so degrading an effect on decent people
C．the astonishment that the unemployed cannot understand what had happened to them
D．the amazement that the loss of overseas trade can have such severe effects on the mining and cotton industries

A．he had spent his childhood in Burma
B．people in Burma hardly talked about unemployment
C．the English economy collapsed after he had gone abroad
D．England had been enjoying economic prosperity while he was in Burma