Comprehension Passage

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow

The surgeon deposited it in her arms. She imprinted her cold, white lips passionately on its forehead; passed her hands over her face; gazed wildly around; shuddered; fell back - and died. They chafed her breast, hands, temples; but the blood had stopped forever. They talked of hope and comfort. They had been strangers too long. ‘It’s all over, Mrs. Thingummy!'’, said the surgeon at last.

Dickens, Oliver Twist

The implication of "they had been strangers too long" is:

1
Those who spoke of 'hope and comfort' had been strangers too long.
2
'Hope' had been stranger to 'comfort' for too long.
3
'Hope and comfort' had been stranger to the patient too long.
4
'Hope and comfort' had been strangers to the surgeon, nurse and the patient too long.

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