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Select the correct text in the passage. Which two parts of this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" use hyperbole?

"I may use your name! Your name--think of it! Man, {they'll flock in droves}, {these rich Londoners}; they'll fight for that stock! I'm a made man, {I'm a made man forever}, and {I'll never forget you as long as I live!"} {In less than twenty-four hours London was abuzz!} I hadn't anything to do, day after day, but sit at home, and say to all comers: "Yes; I told him to refer to me. I know the man, and I know the mine. His character is above reproach, and {the mine is worth far more than he asks for it."} Meantime {I spent all my evenings at the minister's with Portia.} I didn't say a word to her about the mine; I saved it for a surprise.

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