Read the excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture." "And now for the haunted chamber," said the Irish captain, taking his candle. "Aye, who’s to be the hero of the night?" said the gentleman with the ruined head. "That we shall see in the morning," said the old gentleman with the nose: "whoever looks pale and grizzly will have seen the ghost." "Well, gentlemen," said the Baronet, "there’s many a true thing said in jest."

By summarizing the excerpt we can extract the correct answer among the given options. We can observe the dialogues and certain characters in the excerpt. The characters look odd because one of them is Irish captain, another one is gentleman with the ruined head and gentleman with the nose. And there is nothing extra presented in the excerpt. Therefore, the correct answer is the third option: by involving the narrator with an odd cast of characters

Explanation:

by involving the narrator with an odd cast of characters

Explanation: correct on edge

"it's more of an essay than story, but perhaps it is best described as a mood-piece: it uses a lot of musical imagery, not to mention sea imagery, religious imagery, and any other imagery that suits his purpose."