The phrase "when the night had veiled the pole" could accurately mean that a veiled cloud cover makes the night very dark.
The figurative language used by the author is a personification because the night cannot physically veil a pole.
When the phrase is observed, It seems that the speaker is blaming his foe or calling him a thief and its happens when it was super-dark out.
Therefore, the Option A is correct.
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