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. As I was yesterday taking the air with my friend Sir Roger, we were met by a fresh-coloured ruddy young man who rid by us full speed, with a couple of servants behind him.
A. She is a very good lady, says my friend, but took so much care of her son's health that she has made him good for nothing.
B. He was let loose among the woods as soon as he was able to ride on horseback or to carry a gun upon his shoulder.
C. She quickly found that reading was bad for his eyes and that writing made his headache.
D. Upon my inquiry who he was, Sir Roger told me that he was a young gentleman of a considerable estate who had been educated by a tender mother that lived not many miles from the place where we were.
S2. To be brief, I found, by my friend's account of him, that he had got a great stock of health, but nothing else; and that if it were a man's business only to live, there would not be a more accomplished young fellow in the whole country.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The logical sequence that forms a coherent paragraph is DACB.
The paragraph starts with S1, introducing the young man and the initial encounter.
D logically follows S1, as Sir Roger answers the narrator's inquiry about the young man's identity and background.
A follows D, as Sir Roger elaborates on the mother's excessive care and its negative effect.
C provides specific examples of the mother's care (reading and writing issues).
B describes how the young man spent his time instead (outdoors with a horse and gun).
The paragraph concludes with S2, summarizing the outcome of this upbringing.