HELP PLEASE!! 15 POINTS!!

Read the sentence from “The Wife.”

“Oh, but my friend! to think what a blow I am to give to all her future prospects,—how I am to strike her very soul to the earth, by telling her that her husband is a beggar!”

What do the words "strike her very soul to the earth" suggest?


Leslie believes the bad news about their financial situation will cause Mary physical pain.

Mary will abandon their marriage when she discovers Leslie is not who he claimed to be.

Leslie worries Mary will be devastated by the loss of their financial and social status.

Mary will not survive the shock of learning that Leslie can no longer financially support her.