Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Twelve o’clock had scarce rung out over London, ere the knocker sounded very gently on the door. I went myself at the summons, and found a small man crouching against the pillars of the portico."Are you come from Dr. Jekyll?” I asked.He told me "yes” by a constrained gesture; and when I had bidden him enter, he did not obey me without a searching backward glance into the darkness of the square. There was a policeman not far off, a
Answer
b
by mentioning that the scene is set in London
b
by describing a mysterious and nervous stranger
b
by mentioning the “pillars of the portico”
b
by describing someone Lanyon knows well
Explanation
Stevenson builds suspense by making the visitor seem mysterious and uneasy: he is crouched by the doorway, answers with a constrained gesture, and looks back into the darkness before entering. These details make the reader wonder who he is and why he is afraid. The correct choice is “by describing a mysterious and nervous stranger.”
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