They both advised me to run away to the north; that i should find friends there, and that i should be free. i pretended not to be interested in what they said, and treated them as if i did not understand them; for i feared they might be treacherous. white men have been known to encourage slaves to escape, and then, to get the reward, catch them and return them to their masters. … i nevertheless remembered their advice, and from that time i resolved to run away. question: in the above excerpt, which words best establish immediacy? a) "white men have been known to encourage slaves to escape." b) "… that i should be free." c) "i pretended not to be interested in what they said." d) there is no immediacy.