"My agent's letter this morning announces that Walter and Brass have got judgement and execution on their amount for repairing your townhouse last season" - this statement (and its following) made by Coyle implies that the financial condition of Sir Edward is in tatters and this statement specifically implies that Walter and Brass have not been paid for some work that they did for Sir Edward last year and have now resorted to the law as the use of the phrase "judgement and execution" suggests. "Judgement and execution" cannot possibly mean A because a failure of payment certainly doesn't translate into a death sentence. The rest of the options (apart from D), too, do not fit the context. So, D is our answer.