How does the author create suspense within this story? a) the use of flashbacks within the story create a sense of mystery. b) the use of comedy sets up a surprising expectation for the reader. c) the pacing of the story is slow and leaves the surprise until the end. d) the use of parallel storylines creates an air of mystery and suspense. passage: 1 when she sat down to dinner at her round table with its three-day-old cloth, and watched her husband opposite her lift the lid of the soup tureen and exclaim, delighted: "ah, a good homemade beef stew! there's nothing " she would visualize elegant dinners with gleaming silver amid tapestried walls peopled by knights and ladies and exotic birds in a fairy forest; she would think of exquisite dishes served on gorgeous china worth thousands of francs, and of gallantries whispered and received with sphinx-like smiles while eating the pink flesh of trout or wings of grouse. 2 she had no proper wardrobe, no jewels, nothing. and those were the only things that she loved--she felt she was made for them. she would have so loved to charm, to be envied, to be admired and sought after. she had a rich friend, an old school friend whom she refused to visit, because she suffered so keenly when she returned home. she would weep whole days, with grief, regret, despair, and misery.