Nhận biết (M1)

The following text is adapted from Henry James’s 1881 novel The Portrait of a Lady.
Everything Osmond did was pose—pose so subtly considered that if one were not on the lookout one mistook it for impulse. Ralph had never met a man who lived so much in the land of consideration. His tastes, his studies, his accomplishments, his collections, were all for a purpose.

As used in the text, what does the word “consideration” most nearly mean?

• A.

  Calculation

• B.

  Indecision

• C.

  Courtesy

• D.

  Deference