Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. But on the day when my story begins, it was a winter evening, icy-cold and misty.
B. Sometimes when the weather was clear, I could see ships anchored a little way out from the shore.
C. These were prison ships, full of convicts and their guards.
D. We lived on the edge of the marshes, near the sea.

Correct option is B

Option (b) is the correct order of the given sentences.
· Sentence D provides the setting for the story, describing the narrator's location near the marshes and the sea.
· Sentence B adds detail about the narrator's surroundings, mentioning the sight of ships anchored offshore.
· Sentence C expands on the ships mentioned in sentence B, revealing that they are prison ships carrying convicts and guards.
· Sentence A sets the specific time frame for the story, mentioning that it begins on a cold, misty winter evening.