Read the following excerpt: "They sat about with their feet in the gutters, under the jacaranda trees that made a green
tunnel of the street --for it was a beautiful suburb, spoilt only by their presence-- and sometimes they fell asleep lying right before the gates in the midday sun. The wife could never see anyone go hungry. She sent the trusted housemaid out with bread and tea, but the trusted housemaid said these were loafers and tsotsis, who would come and tie her and shut her in a cupboard."

What do these lines reveal about the wife as a character? (RL.2.6)

Group of answer choices

She is a coward.

She is affectionate.

She is stubborn.

She is sympathetic.