Select the best paraphrase of the following sentence from the passage.

with their main source of income gone, the irish had to live in poor conditions, where diseases spread unchecked.
one disease that was common during the great irish famine was typhus. typhus is a bacterial infection that is usually spread by lice or fleas (murray 4).
the irish lost their main source of income and had to live in poor conditions, where diseases spread unchecked (murray 4).
with their main source of income gone, peasants had to live in poor conditions, where diseases spread wildly (murray 4).
with no potatoes, rural farmers and their families lost much of their earnings. they were forced into poverty, and diseases became far more common (murray 4).

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.