Identify the point of view for the following excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw ."

She brought the stranger, who seemed ill at ease, into the room. He gazed at her furtively, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband's coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden. She then waited as patiently as her sex would permit, for him to broach his business, but he was at first strangely silent.

1.)First person
2.)Second person
3.)Third person, omniscent
4.)Third person, limited

Question

Identify the point of view for the following excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw ."

She brought the stranger, who seemed ill at ease, into the room. He gazed at her furtively, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband's coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden. She then waited as patiently as her sex would permit, for him to broach his business, but he was at first strangely silent. 

1.)First person
2.)Second person
3.)Third person, omniscent
4.)Third person, limited

anonymous · Answer

I would say third person limited, mostly because the stranger *seemed* ill at ease, meaning that it's not for certain that he was. That implies the reader does not know everything.