when the general, nursing his bruised shoulder, had gone, rainsford took up his flight again. it was flight now, a desperate, hopeless flight that carried him on for some hours. dusk came, then darkness, and still, he pressed on. the ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely. then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. he tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. with a violent effort, he tore his footloose. he knew where he was now. death swamp and its quicksand.

which statement does best assess the relative reliability of the narrator of this selection?
a) the narrator is rainsford himself and, therefore, should be considered reliable.
b) the narrator clearly hates rainsford and, therefore, should be considered unreliable.
c) the narrator clearly had no investment or interest in how this conflict is resolved.
d) the narrator is not a character in the story and, therefore, should be considered reliable.