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

Then he [Hughie] had tried selling dry sherry. That did not answer; the sherry was too dry.（ ）

A.
Hughie realized selling sherry wasn’t a profitable career.
B.
The sherry did not sell well for Hughie to make money.
C.
It turned out that selling sherry wasn’t a suitable job for Hughie.
D.
Hughie couldn’t persuade people into buying the sherry.