为自己加油

Choose the closest paraphrased version after the following sentence or the italicized part.

It would give me prestige in his eyes, or at least make me less suspect, foreigner though I was.（ ）

A.
...because they respected foreigners.
B.
...with the only exception of foreigners
C.
...in the same way they treated foreigners
D.
...even though they didn't trust foreigners