Which sentence best helps the reader understand the meaning of the word convalescents in paragraph 12 of "The Bishop" by Hugo?

And then, when there is a ray of sun, the garden is very small...

We must resign ourselves.

The halls are nothing but rooms, and it is with difficult to get fresh air in them.

We have had a hundred patients at times.

the objective should be switched

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.

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