“By the bye, gentlemen this — this is a very well constructed house.”[In the rabid desire to say something easily, I scarcely knew what I uttered at all.] — “I may say an excellently well constructed house. These walls — are you going, gentlemen?”


What technique is Poe using in this passage to help develop the narrator’s character?

A. Reposition if words or phrases
B. Withholding of character’s names
C. Foreshadowing of events
D. Creating a gloomy atmosphere