Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."

But that wasn’t the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook’s, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night’s visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants’ friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions.
Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Wharton’s time?

"Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants’ friends in the house overnight." During the Gothic time period, this would have been a common thing and therefore added drama

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Answer:

The narrator is dismissed by her superiors when she asks questions about an occurrence that my have been supernatural.

Explanation:

The Lady’s Maid’s Bell by Edith Wharton is narrated in first person by Alice Hartley. The peruser acknowledges in the wake of perusing the story that Wharton might investigate the subject of desire. Mr Brympton seems, by all accounts, to be envious of his significant other's association with Mr Ranford. Despite the fact that the two men appear to coexist with each other Mr Brympton might be suspicious of Mr Ranford's constant visits to his home.