Given below are six sentences taken from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are numbered S1 and S2 and are placed in the first and last positions respectively and are fixed in their positions. The other four sentences between the first and last sentences are jumbled up and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Rearrange the jumbled sentences in a logical sequence keeping the unity and coherence of the paragraph intact. Choose the correct alternative that best describes the sequence.
S1. Ash's books were most regrettably scattered across Europe and America.
A. That was no problem nowadays, books travelled the aether like light and sound.
B. And Roland was looking for sources for Ash's Garden of Proserpina.
C. But it was just possible that Ash's own Vico had marginalia missed even by the indefatigable Cropper.
D. By far the largest single gathering was of course in the Stant Collection at Robert Dale Owen University in New Mexico, where Mortimer Cropper worked on his monumental edition of the Complete Correspondence of Randolph Henry Ash.
S2. And there was a pleasure to be had from reading the sentences Ash had read, touched with his fingers, scanned with his eyes.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The Final Sequence is DACB.
S1: Books are scattered.
D: Largest collection is in New Mexico (Cropper).
A: Modern technology makes accessing these scattered sources easier.
C: Roland thinks Cropper might have missed something.
B: Roland is also looking for sources.
S2: Despite technology, physical reading is still special.
DACB is the correct sequence.