Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.

My years in my father’s house

A. would have been unbearable had

B. the feel of his hand clutching mine, his

C. I not had my brother. I never forgot

D. refusal to abandon me. Perhaps he and I would have been close even otherwise.