Choose the closest paraphrased v

Choose the closest paraphrased version after the following sentence or the italicized part.

I attended the service with them and sat through it with a lump of cold lead in my chest and a big resolution growing through me.（ ）

I joined the armed forces.

I entered the government department.

I took up the duties of a servant.

I showed up in the burial ceremonies.

原句句意：我和他们（这些学生）一起出席了葬礼，我自始至终坐在那里，胸中好像压着一块又冷又沉的东西，同时脑子里酝酿着一个重大的决定。