In “the devil and tom walker,” the author weaves historical facts into the story to supply historical context to his narrative. which of the following quotes from the story does not represent a historical fact? a. about the year 1727, just at the time that earthquakes were prevalent in new england, and shook many tall sinners down upon their knees, there lived near this place a meager, miserly fellow, of the name of tom walker. b. everybody remembers the time of governor belcher, when money was particularly scarce. it was a time of paper credit. the country had been deluged with government bills. c. tom now grew uneasy for her safety, especially as he found she had carried off in her apron the silver teapot and spoons, and every portable article of value. d. he even talked of the expediency of reviving the persecution of quakers and anabaptists.

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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