42. Alice: Our lease says that we’re not allowed animals in the flat. Last weekend, Jane found a kitten and all of us really wants to keep her. Landlord: You have a cat? Oh, why can’t you ever obey the rules? Alice: Oh! Please, won’t you bend them for us? What is Alice doing? (A) She is trying to follow the flat rules. (B) She is trying to convince the landlord for them to keep the cat. (C) She is reporting that they have caught a cat. (D) She is trying to bend the rules.