Read the excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture." "T]here is a secret about one of my rooms on which I feel disposed to try an experiment. So, gentlemen, none of
you shall know who has the haunted chamber, until circumstances reveal it. I will not even know it myself, but
will leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper. At the same time, if it will be any satisfaction to you,
I will observe, for the honor of my paternal mansion, that ? there's scarcely a chamber in it but is well worthy of
being haunted."
What technique does Iving use to build suspense in the excerpt?
O The pace of the story quickens.
O The word choice darkens the tone.
O Odd characters are introduced.
O Setting details are intentionally omitted.