Question

The Necklace

by Guy de Maupassant

1 - The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creature who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, married by and rich and distinguished man;  so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction.

2 - She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station; since with women there is neither caste nor ranked for beauty, grace, and  charm take the place of birth and family. Natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies.

 

What differences between Mathilde and her husband are apparent in the underlined passages in Section 69-70 of Maupassant, "The Necklace"?

A. Mathilde was so grief stricken she couldn't walk, but her husband wasn't as worried.

B. Mathilde's husband actively tried to fix their problem, while she just sat and worried.

C. Mathilde didn't know how to think without her husband.