Which excerpt from "the adventure of the mysterious picture" conveys the playful tone of the passage? the attention of the company was immediately turned to me; if my face had been pale the moment before, it now glowed almost to burning. i tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace; and found all the muscles of my face twitching at sixes and sevens. there is a picture in the room in which i was put last night, that has had an effect upon me the most singular and incomprehensible. “a picture! ” said the old gentleman with the haunted head. “a picture! ” cried the narrator with the waggish nose. “a picture! a picture! ” echoed several voices.

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.