Which detail does douglass present unflinchingly, although it reflects badly on him?

a. he fears that he will be found and returned to slavery.
b. he grieves when he sees how sophia auld changes.
c. he recalls that he tricked other children into teaching him to read.
d. he admits that he sometimes wanted to kill both covey and himself.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes