What circumstances lead the vicomte to reduce the rent in the apartment

Victome lowers the rent of the apartment because of his kindness and generosity.

Explanation:

'An accursed house' is a story which is written by the French writer Emile Gabriau. The story is a critical study of the society and our understanding of human greed.

When Victome acquires his great uncle''s inheritance and with it the apartment in question, he decides to lower the high rent that is extracted from it so as to make it more affordable for people to live there.

Be cause people take his generosity for shady behavior, they wonder if something is wrong with the apartment and then the story goes wrong for Victome.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

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