How should the sentence I'm highly honored! be interpreted by the reader? "Oh, indeed! I'm highly honored!" (paragraph 27)

A. It should be read as an ironic statement because Richard Kennedy is not being sincere.

B. It should be taken literally because Richard Kennedy is touched by the doctor's reassurance.

C. It should be seen as humorous because Richard Kennedy is trying to make the doctor laugh.

D. It should be regarded as an exaggeration because Richard Kennedy is only slightly honored.

C.

Explanation: This is C beacuse of the doctor. Please let me know if this is correct. And tip with points well, as I am taking time out of my day.

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,