In a walk in the woods what is the exigence of the story

i’m begging

Even the insistent cough of the woman next to him wasn't enough to draw his eyes away from the tiny type of the ancient book its pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance he noticed the musty odor if each page as he carefully it over.

Write a short paragraph explaining how to determine what information to put into a slide show presentation.

Which sentence best build the suspense