If $\alpha , \beta \in R$ are such that $1 - 2 i$ (here $i ^ { 2 } = - 1$ ) is a root of $z ^ { 2 } + \alpha z + \beta = 0$, then ( $\alpha - \beta$ ) is equal to:\\ (1) - 7\\ (2) 7\\ (3) - 3\\ (4) 3