Which of the following quotes best represents the narrator's tone? A. "Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity, and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim." B. "And as she so sat she became aware of an aged and beautiful gentleman with white hair, drawing near along the lane; and advancing to meet him, another and very small gentleman, to whom at first she paid less attention." C. "A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street . . ." D. "As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and two-penny salads . . ."

The quote that best represents the narrator's tone is "Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity, and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim."

Explanation:

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a dark and mysterious story that focuses on the existence of Mr. Hyde and the disappearance of Dr. Jekyll, the tone is fearful and anxious, and the paragraph A shows this tone through the words that it has, and it also shows an intense and fearful topic since it talks about s murder.