What idea is Gordimer trying to convey about the wife in the family in the following passage from
"Once Upon a Time"?
The trusted housemaid of the man and wife and little boy was so upset by this misfortune befalling a friend
left, as she herself
often was, with responsibility for the possessions of the man and his wife and the little
boy that
she implored her employers to have burglar bars attached to the doors and windows of the house,
and an alarm system installed. The wife said, She is right, let us take heed of her advice.
She is easily influenced by the actions and words of others, such as the housemaid.
O She is the one who calms everyone down in the household by taking action.
O She thinks that reports of the attacks have been exaggerated in the town.
O She looks down upon the hired help and thinks she is superior to the housemaid.