I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.

What does the term inferiority mean as it is used in the second paragraph?

A) pride
B) morality
C) abundance
D) shortcoming

I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed- The term inferiority mean (D) shortcoming

Explanation:

The novel Jane Eyre by charlotte narrates the story of a 10 year old   orphaned girl who's name is also Jane Eyre  and she lives with her aunt and cousins, the Reeds, at Gateshead Hall.

Jane Eyre has a unloving family and she  face refusal and develops inferiority complex with her cousins I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed-

The above statement from the question narrates the fact that Jane Eyre is consciousness of her physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed. The term inferiority mean (D) shortcoming

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,