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which sentence in this excerpt from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note" is an example of hyperbole?

i would have picked up the pear now and eaten it before all the world, but it was gone; so i had lost that by this unlucky business, and the thought of it did not soften my feeling toward those men.
a. (as soon as i was out of sight of that house i opened my envelope, and saw that it contained money! )
my opinion of those people changed, i can tell you! i lost not a moment, but shoved note and money into my vest-pocket, and broke for the nearest cheap eating-house. well, how i did eat!
b. (when at last i couldn't hold any more, i took out my money and unfolded it, took one glimpse and nearly fainted.)
five millions of dollars! why, it made my head swim.
c. (must have sat there stunned and blinking at the note as much as a minute before i came rightly to myself again.)
the first thing i noticed, then, was the landlord. his eye was on the note, and he was petrified.
d.(he was worshiping, with all his body and soul, but he looked as if he couldn't stir hand or foot.)
i took my cue in a moment, and did the only rational thing there was to do. i reached the note towards him, and said, carelessly:
"give me the change, ."

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