Which quotation from "the tell-tale heart" by edgar allan poe brings out the theme of time?

and this i did for seven long nights—every night just at midnight.

i made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

all in vain; because death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.

it is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.

and it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel – although he neither saw nor heard – to feel the presence of my head within the room.

the answer is the first option

Explanation:

it shows him waiting night after night

A) And this I did for seven long nights—every night just at midnight.

Explanation: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, is a story about a man haunted by the idea of killing an old man, appareantly without any logical reason. From the given options, the quotation that brings out the theme of time, is the corresponding to option A: "And this I did for seven long nights—every night just at midnight" because it is expressing how he wait for seven long nights.

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

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