Why did the Italian take off his watch and give it

单项选择题

A Frenchman went to stay at the best hotel in a small Italian town with his wife．One night, he went out for awalk alone．The small street was dark and quiet．Suddenly he felt someone behind him．He turned his head and sawan Italian young man who quickly walked past him．The man was nearly out of sight ( 看不见了) when the French-man suddenly found that his watch was gone．He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch．He de-cided to follow him and get back the watch． Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian．Neither of them understood the other’ s language．The French-man frightened the Italian with his fist ( 拳头) and pointed at the Italian’ s watch．In the end the Italian took off hiswatch and gave it to the Frenchman． When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened．He was greatly surprised whenhis wife pointed to the watch on the table．Now he realized (意识到) that by mistake he had robbed ( 抢劫) thewatch and it was the Italian’ s．

Why did the Italian take off his watch and give it to the Frenchman

A．Because he had taken the watch from the Frenchman．
B．Because he had picked up the watch on his way from work．
C．Because he was afraid of the Frenchman．