Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after, then, he lit a cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it.
Mrs. Pontellier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone to bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had ailed him all day. Mr. Pontellier was too well acquainted with fever symptoms to be mistaken, but he assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.
He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business, and he could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. He talked in a monotonous, insistent way.
Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room, but she soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said nothing and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his cigar was smoked out he went to bed, and in half a minute he was fast asleep.
Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir. Blowing out the candle, which her husband had left burning, she slipped her bare feet into a pair of satin mules at the foot of the bed and went out on the porch, where she sat down in the wicker chair and began to rock gently to and fro.


Select the correct answer.
What is the best objective summary of the passage?

A.
A husband and wife argue over who should care for a sick child. The husband insists that he is too busy with business and accuses her of being a bad mother. She bursts into tears and leaves the house.
B.
A husband and wife argue over who loves their sick child more, and they end up not speaking to each other. The husband smokes a cigar in bed while the wife sits on the porch and cries.
C.
A husband tells his wife that their child is sick, but she insists that he is not. She complains that her husband's cigar smoke is making her sick and goes out to the porch where she sits and cries.
D.
A husband and wife argue over whether their child is sick, and the husband accuses his wife of neglecting their children. The argument leaves the wife tearful and pensive.