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) leader… logic
• (B) autocrat … cavil
• (C) nemesis … reproach
• (D) despot … sympathy
• (E) ally … contempt