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Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

I want you to postpone all other engagements for to-night—ay, even if you were summoned to the bedside of an emperor; to take a cab, unless your carriage should be actually at the door; and with this letter in your hand for consultation, to drive straight to my house. Poole, my butler, has his orders; you will find him waiting your arrival with a locksmith. The door of my cabinet is then to be forced: and you are to go in alone; to open the glazed press (letter E) on the left hand, breaking the lock if it be shut; and to draw out, with all its contents as they stand, the fourth drawer from the top or (which is the same thing) the third from the bottom.

The excerpt contains an example of a gothic setting because it has

a loyal butler waiting in the dark.
a mysterious old house at night.
a peculiar locksmith arriving late.
a strange carriage driving at night.

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The excerpt contains an example of a Gothic setting because it has a mysterious old house at night.
Gothic settings usually refer to mysterious, dark, and gloomy places, often at night or in the woods. This excerpt is the perfect example of such a setting given that it is situated in an old house and it is the night, so everything is spooky and scary. 
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After analyzing the passage in search of gothic elements, we can choose the following option as the one containing an example of it:

B. A mysterious old house at night.

Gothic elements in literature

Gothic novels have an aura of mystery and suspense involving the characters, and often even horror. The most common settings for the plot are old places such as mansions, castles, cemeteries, dungeons, or even ruins. It is also common for the story to take place at night.

With the information above in mind, we can select letter B as the best option. A mysterious old house is indeed the gothic element present in the passage we are analyzing here.

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