In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:The eunuchs in the Directorate of Ceremonial headed by Feng Bao brooked no weakening of their power by Gao . Sentence 2:Hence , an alignment among Zhang and Feng erected to marginalize Gao .
hence

Sentence 1:Albie wakes in the night to go to the bathroom . Sentence 2:But when he gets there , he finds that the bathroom fixtures have been removed .
but

Sentence 1:The years after World War II saw a small increase in the Muslim population . Sentence 2:However Muslims were still a distinct minority .
however