HELP! In " The Lady or the Tiger?" the author writes that the young man opened the door on the right " without the slightest hesitation. " Then the author breaks and says, " Now, point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady?"

What effect on the story's mood does this sentence have?

a. It adds a note of irony to the story's mood

b. It overlays the mood with a tone of stern judgement

c. It cuts off the mood's intensity suddenly

d. It defuses the suspenseful mood gently