【单选题】

Mistier became the agency's______, and he continued as such not because of his large number of shares in the company but because, beyond______, he was, by a long shot, better and tougher than anyone else there.
A．(A) leader… logic

B．(B) autocrat … cavil
C．(C) nemesis … reproach
D．(D) despot … sympathy
E．(E) ally … contempt