$(1)$ He'd moved close to the wall and was standing very still. $(2)$ It took her a moment to figure out that he was examining her brushstrokes. $(3)($But only artists did that. $(4)$ Was he a closet artist, too?$)(5)$ Finally he moved back and let out a long, incredulous breath, and it struck her that she had been holding hers as well.

$(6)$ "Tell me about your work," he said.

$(7)$ This was hard. $(8)$ She had started painting two years ago, and had never talked to anyone about it$.(9)$ Even her parents didn't know. $(10)$ When they came for dinner, she removed the canvases from the wall and hid them in her closet. $(11)$ She sprayed the room with Eucalyptus Mist and lit incense sticks so they wouldn't smell the turpentine. $(12)$ The act of painting was the first really risky thing she had done in her life. $(13)$ Being at the gallery, she knew how different her work was from everything in there, or in the glossy art journals. $(14)$ Her technique was crude$-$she hadn't taken classes and didn't intend to$.(15)$ She would probably never amount to much. $(16)$ Still, she came back from work every evening and painted furiously. $(17)$ She worked late into the night, light$-$headed with the effort to remember. $(18)$ She stopped inviting people over. $(19)$ She made excuses when her friends wanted her to go out. $(20)$ She had to force herself to return their calls, and often she didn't. $(21)$ She ruined canvas after canvas, slashed them in frustration and threw them into the Dumpster behind the building. $(22)$ She wept till she saw a blurry brightness, like sunspots, wherever she looked. $(23)$ Then, miraculously, she got better. $(24)$ Sometimes now, at $2$:$00$ or $3$:$00,$ her back muscles tight and burning, a stillness would rise around her, warm and vaporous. $(25)$ Held within it$,$ she would hear, word for word, the stories her grandmother used to tell.

From Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Unknown Errors of Our Lives. $2001$ by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

Question

Based on the passage, which of the following best characterizes the outlook of Ruchira's parents on their daughter's interest in painting?

They vocally objected to it$.$

They admired her commitment to it$.$

They were unaware of it$.$

They reluctantly accepted it$.$