Read these lines from paragraph three of "The Black Cat" and answer the question

...my wife, who at heart was not a little tinctured with superstition, made frequent allusion to the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as witches in disguise. Not that she was ever serious upon this point – and I mention the matter at all for no better reason than it happens, just now, to be remembered.

The narrator most likely mentions his wife's comments to _____.

A criticize a common explanation regarding cats' intelligence


B build suspense about his treatment and opinion of pets


C describe his wife's eccentric belief about black cats


D suggest that the cats in the story possess mystical powers