Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." To my astonishment, Mrs. Blinder went white, and gave my hand a kind of squeeze. "Don't do that, my dear," said she, trembling-like. "To tell you the truth, that was Emma Saxon's room, and my mistress has kept it closed ever since her death." In this scene, the words "went white" and "trembling-like" create a sense of

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August Jensen

5 January, 16:39

Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." To my astonishment, Mrs. Blinder went white, and gave my hand a kind of squeeze. "Don't do that, my dear," said she, trembling-like. "To tell you the truth, that was Emma Saxon's room, and my mistress has kept it closed ever since her death." In this scene, the words "went white" and "trembling-like" create a sense of

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Read the excerpt from "The lady Maid's Bell."

To my astonishment, Mrs. Blinder went white, and gave my hand a kind of squeeze. "Don't do that, my dear," said she, trembling-like. "To tell you the truth, that was Emma Saxon's room, and my mistress has kept it closed ever since her death."

In this scene, the words "went white" and "trembling-like" create a sense of

a. confusion

b. determination

c. anger

d. suspense

Answer:

The correct option is d. suspense

Explanation:

In this excerpt of the story "The Lady Maid's Bell" by Edith Wharton, we are presented with a locked room that used to belong to a dead woman. That knowledge and the fact that the person talking about it has gone livid and quivery create a sense of suspense. Readers now want to know more about the room and its late owner. They want to know why it has been kept locked. Is there a ghost? Did something bad occur in that room?

It turns out there is a ghost. The late Emma lady's maid is still around the house, trying to protect her boss, who was like a sister to her, from her abusive husband. The people who work in the house refuse to talk about Emma, though. Even when the main character and narrator, Alice, claims to have seen her, she can't get anyone to elicit what is going on. The story as a whole is suspenseful, especially because we see it all through Alice's eyes, only getting to know what she knows.