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Rearrange the jumbled sentences A, B, C, and D between the fixed first (S1) and last (S2) sentences to form a coherent paragraph. S1. Sofia stood listening to the noise of the departing carriage which bore away her mother and sister. A. As a child, when some wrong or injustice had been done her, she had cried all alone, when she was in bed, in the dark, and the habit had remained with her. B. She was left alone, quite alone, as she had always wished to be left. C. Certainly in these moments of complete solitude the consciousness of a great grief came over her; D. Now, alone in the great drawing room, beneath the brightly lighted chandelier, her hands inert, her head resting against the back of her chair, her face wore an expression of great sorrow, the vivid reflection of a serious inward conflict. S2. the sentiment of the reality, long repulsed, became clear, distinct, and cruel.