Question

She left me, and I continued some time walking up and down the passages of the house, and inspecting every corner that might afford a retreat to my adversary. But I discovered no trace of him, and was beginning to conjecture that some fortunate chance had intervened to prevent the execution of his menaces, when suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream. It came from the room into which Elizabeth had retired. As I heard it, the whole truth rushed into my mind, my arms dropped, the motion of every muscle and fibre was suspended; I could feel the blood trickling in my veins and tingling in th

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extremities of my limbs. This state lasted but for an instant; the scream was repeated, and I rushed into the room.

What is likely to happen in the next paragraph?

The narrator will be unable to get into the next room.

The narrator will be too afraid to look into the next room.

The narrator will find something horrible in the next room.

The narrator will find something wonderful in the next room.