Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D.
Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
My years in my father’s house
A. would have been unbearable had
B. the feel of his hand clutching mine, his
C. I not had my brother. I never forgot
D. refusal to abandon me. Perhaps he and I would have been close even otherwise.