Read this excerpt from act 1 scene 1, of richard iii:
for then i'll marry warwick's youngest daughter
what though i kill'd her husband and her father?
the readiest way to make the wench amends
is to become her husband and her father
the which will not all so much for love
as for another secret close intent,
by marrying her which i must reach unto
but yet i run before my horse to market
clarence still breathes, edward still lives and reigns
when they are gone, then must i count my gains
what is the meaning of the phrase "i run before my horse to market"?
a.
to be extremely busy
b.
to make devious plans
c.
to be in denial
d.
to be very impatient
e
to speak too soon

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator