It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.

Question

She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.

There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
What can be inferred about Mrs. Mallard's initial reaction to her husband's death from the phrase, "the storm of grief had spent itself"?(1 point)
Responses

She was deeply sorrowful.
She was deeply sorrowful.

She was angry at her husband.
She was angry at her husband.

She felt relieved.
She felt relieved.

She was indifferent.

Answer 1

The phrase "the storm of grief had spent itself" suggests that Mrs. Mallard experienced a significant and intense emotional outburst of sadness over her husband's death, indicating that she was deeply sorrowful. Therefore, the appropriate inference is:

She was deeply sorrowful.