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, advancing with his bull’s eye open; and at the sight, I thought my visitor started and made greater haste.
Answer
A
by mentioning that the scene is set in London
B
by describing a mysterious and nervous stranger
C
by mentioning the “pillars of the portico”
D
by describing someone Lanyon knows well
Explanation
The narrator describes the visitor as a “small man” who crouches by the door and looks nervously back into the darkness. His constrained gesture and haste when he sees a policeman add to the mystery and tension. This supports the idea that Stevenson develops suspense by describing a mysterious and nervous stranger.
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