Its evidence -- the evidence of the sentience -- was to be seen, he said, (and here i started as he spoke,) in the gradual yet certain condensation of an atmosphere of their own about the waters and the walls. the result was discoverable, he added, in that silent, yet importunate and terrible influence which for centuries had moulded the destinies of his family, and which made him what i now saw him -- what he was. such opinions need no comment, and i will make none.
based on this excerpt, the narrator
a. supportive of usher’s theory.
b. skeptical of usher’s theory.
c. curious about the his

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

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explanation:

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.

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