Directions. In the following question, a small paragraph is given from which five words have been replaced with a blank. These words represented by a letter are given below the paragraph, in random order. Rearrange these words in an appropriate order, so that these fit the blanks and give out a grammatically and meaningfully coherent paragraph.

Shanker's wife shook her head _________. Varun wondered how he would establish the officials had scheduled to come but did not turn up. Perhaps the gram panchayat office might help, from where Shanker's family must have come to know about the visit in the first place. He was about to ________ further when Shanker's wife spoke. ________ shot through Varun after hearing her words. The one _________ that could have elicited much sympathy for Shanker would now be nullified or even used as __________ against him.

A. probe  B. inconsolably  C. dismay  D. evidence  E. factor