4 is a) path 5 is a) cowardly and 6 is b) harsh. Hope this helps.
The third choice, because it does not state where the idea came from
Answer:
“Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence.”
Explanation:
just took the quiz
The closest meaning is probably just “late” as in “Until the hurrying footsteps of the last late straggler died away.”