Which of the following lines from the passage would make the BEST evidence to prove the mood of the story as sinister and dark? Question 14 options:

Withdrawing the key I stepped back from the recess. (paragraph 1)

I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar. (paragraph 3)

With these materials and with the aid of my trowel, I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche. (paragraph 3)

A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back. (paragraph 5)