【单选题】

It was purely through a gift for nuance that Kempton noticed, while reviewing the work of Whittaker Chambers, something______authentic beneath the______and self-pity.
A．(A) suspiciously … charm

B．(B) negligibly… erudition
C．(C) conspicuously … rue
D．(D) undeniably… bombast
E．(E) spuriously … braggadocio