【单选题】

Historians have established that Charles the III regretted the ------- of his treasury, the consequence of several expensive war campaigns, but he nevertheless trusted that he would find ------- in his struggle against the king of France.
A．(A) scope... aid

B．(B) penury... favor
C．(C) deficiency... sagacity
D．(D) paucity... defeat
E．(E) dearth.., cogency