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Me, she had dispensed from joining the group; saying, "She regretted to be under thenecessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and coulddiscover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquirea more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner--something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were--she really must exclude me fromprivileges intended only for contented, happy, little children."What does the term endeavoring mean as it is used in the passage?A. thinkingB. doingC. attemptingD. socializing