Which of the following sentences best illustrates the suspenseful mood of the story?
A
Ten minutes of determined effort brought another sound to his ears-the most welcome he had ever heard-the
muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore.
B
He executed a series of intricate loops; he doubled on his trail again and again, recalling all the lore of the fox
hunt, and all the dodges of the fox.
C
An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake and sleep did not visit Rainsford, although the
silence of a dead world was on the jungle,
D
Very deliberately he blew a smoke ring into the air, then he turned his back on the tree and walked carelessly
away, back along the trail he had come.
ASD
