Which sentence from Paragraph two of "The Black Cat" offers the best explanation of the narrator's preference for animals over people?
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"From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition."
"This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and, in my manhood, I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure."
"My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions."
"To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable."
