Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order forming a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. A fine carriage with rubber tyres, a fat coachman, and velvet on the seats, rolled up to the house of a landowner called Gryabov.
B. A drowsy footman met him in the hall
C. "Are the family at home?" asked the Marshal.
D. Fyodor Andreitch Otsov, the district Marshal, jumped out of the carriage.

Correct option is A

Option (a) is the correct order of the given sentences.
· Sentence A begins the paragraph by describing the arrival of the fine carriage at Gryabov's house, setting the scene.
· Sentence D follows, introducing Fyodor Andreitch Otsov, the district Marshal, who jumps out of the carriage, maintaining the flow of action.
· Sentence B logically follows as the Marshal enters the house and is met by a drowsy footman in the hall.
· Sentence C concludes the paragraph with the Marshal asking if the family is at home, which ties the sequence together and completes the narrative.
This order creates a smooth and coherent progression of events, from the arrival of the carriage to the Marshal's inquiry inside the house.