A faded moonbeam fell on the floor and filled the place with an ancient dream-light which wrought strangely on my brain and filled it as if
too were but a deserted sleepy house, haunted by old dreams and memories. Recollecting myself. I went back for a light but the candles were
flickering in the sockets and I was compelled to trust to the moon lascended the staircase Old as it was not a board creaked, not a banister
shook the whole felt solid asrock. Finding at length no more stair to ascend groped my way on for here there was no direct light from the
moon-only the light of the moonlit alt. I was in some trepidation Iconfesss for how should I find my way back? At length after wandering into
several rooms and out again my hand fell on a latched door.
Select the correct answer
which statement best describes the effect of the underlined passage)
Ait quickens the pacing of the narrative, leading directly to a confrontation
it slows the pacing of the narrative, helping build mystery and suspense
Cit provides exposition through a flashback about a dream the narrator once had