Read this excerpt from Little Women.

By and by Beth said, with recovered serenity, "You'll tell them this when we go home?"

"I think they will see it without words," sighed Jo, for now, it seemed to her that Beth changed every day.

This passage best infers that:

(A) Beth is afraid to tell her family of her illness.
(B) Jo is expected to care for Beth in her last days.
(C) Beth’s poor health has been obvious, but the Marches have been blind because they don’t want to admit it.
(D) Beth may survive the effects of the illness.