I was lying down in a dark, lonely compartment of the speeding train, trying to sleep. But, quite unusually, sleep eluded me. A vague uneasiness gripped me. It was pitch dark outside. A few points of light flashed by as we sped through a small station and in the dim light I thought I saw a hand gripping the bars of my window. Once again the train was swallowed up by the impenetrable darkness. My heart pounded. My mouth was parched. I could not get up. I do not know how long programmes are boring. I remained thus before the train began to slow down. The reassuring bright lights of the station we were entering revealed no intruder. I breathed again
The narrator could not sleep because

Options

A. 1.he usually found it difficult to fall asleep.
B. 2.he could not find a place to lie down.
C. 3.he was disturbed by some unspecified thoughts.
D. 4.the people near him were disturbing him