Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
Sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as I can see, to the doings of kings and sultans
and people of that sort, and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, I want to tell you of
a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, were remarkable not so
much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784)
Which option identifies an explicit meaning of the above excerpt?
Dioneo, the narrator, is concerned about pleasing his audience
The members of the brigata enjoy telling lighthearted stories
Most of the storles have featured kind and generous noblemen.
Dioneo's story will be about a marquis.