Urgent
"i had nothing to say to these words: they were not new to me: my very first recollections of existence included hints of the same kind. this reproach of my dependence had become a vague sing-song in my ear: very painful and crushing, but only half intelligible."
which definition best fits the meaning of the word reproach as used in these sentences from paragraph 15 of the passage?
a) fear or doubt
b) praise and celebration
c) critical remark or condemnation
d) curiousity or desire for knowledge