Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?

Context:

I didn't really like the way the other boys treated him. I was new at the school and still observing, still beginning friendships. Perhaps Alec noticed that I did not ridicule him as the others did.

Hypothesis: he did not ridicule Alec as the others did
Possible answers:
(A). Yes.
(B). No.
(C). It's impossible to say.
(A).