Which excerpt from part one of Trifles most develops the motives of the County Attorney?

The County Attorney’s question about whether anything in the house could point to a motive shows that he is focused on establishing why the murder happened. This most directly develops his investigative purpose in the scene. Choice C is the excerpt in which he explicitly asks about evidence of a motive; the other lines concern the investigation more generally or make a remark about women.

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