I would say that the answer is #2
Did Jack really say it's not my responsibility?
The Mayor promised that the project would be completed in two months.
The professor asked, "When was the treaty signed?".
"You're out of your mind!", exclaimed Tony, slamming the door.
"I'm going to the newsstand", he said, "for a copy of the newspaper."
The composer asked if the orchestra would play this on Thursday.
This is also known as the "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech that Churchill gave during the Battle of France (which of course, the French would lose to the Nazis, who marched into Paris on June 14, 1940). Churchill was attempting to rally support from the British politicians and the people, since England too was at war with Germany. Great Britain was, in fact, on its own, since the United States would not enter the war until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor a year later.
The irony is that they are smiling with “torn and bleeding hearts”.
The idea it emphasizes is that they are smiling to hide their pain.
The overall message revealed by the irony is that they are in considerable emotional turmoil and faking happiness to mask their distress.
