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Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order: A. Faced with the high cost and scarcity of Indian indigo, European manufacturers were forced to rely on the woad plant for their dyeing needs. B. However, cloth dyers still preferred indigo, as it produced a significantly richer and more vibrant blue than woad ever could. C. Since woad thrived in temperate climates, it was readily available and easily cultivated throughout Europe. D. Indian indigo was prohibitively expensive, and only meager quantities ever reached European markets.