Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of Passage 1.

“I know how it will be,” his sister had said when he was preparing to migrate to this rural retreat; “you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever from moping. . . .”

The underlined figurative language in this sentence conveys the idea that —

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Mr. Nuttel is likely to get sicker during his stay in the country
Mr. Nuttel is likely to get sicker during his stay in the country

the people Mr. Nuttel’s sister wants him to meet have died
the people Mr. Nuttel’s sister wants him to meet have died

the rural area Mr. Nuttel is visiting is sparsely populated
the rural area Mr. Nuttel is visiting is sparsely populated

Mr. Nuttel’s sister believes he will become isolated
Mr. Nuttel’s sister believes he will become isolated