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Read the two excerpts from the text.
Excerpt 1:
(1)... "I have not begun it yet," he always said, "but I shall be at it every night once the winter sets in...."
Excerpt 2:
(44) Summer came, and then he said:
(45) "It is too hot to write books. Get me another bottle of iced soda-water. I'll tackle the book in the autumn."
How does the author create tension in these excerpts?
OA by showing the seasons passing while the conflict remains between the characters
OB. by illustrating the increasing demands that the husband is making on his wife
OC. by suggesting that the two characters don't realize how quickly they are aging
OD. by revealing how infrequently the wife expresses her own needs and opinions