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.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes