The secret garden

read the passage:
"she [mrs. craven] was a sweet, pretty thing, and he'd have walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass she wanted. nobody thought she'd marry him, but she did, and people said she married him for his money. but she didn't-she didn't."

which best identifies figurative language and explains its effect?

a. "sweet, pretty thing" the reader understand that mrs. craven was a kind and beautiful woman.

b. "sweet, pretty thing" the reader understand how surprising it was that mrs. craven would marry mr. craven.

c. "walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass" the reader understand how devoted mr. craven was.

d. "but she didn't" the reader understand that mrs. craven was motivated to marry for money.