Answer and Explanation:
The author structures the text so that the reader perceives Ogilvy's curiosity with the meteorite, which has caused him to observe it from a distance, but concentrated in all its form. His curiosity is what triggers the suspense, because anything can happen while he watches the meteorite and it really happens, since he sees something moving, like a lid being pushed by someone who wants to get out, escape from inside the meteorite. Ogivly doesn't know what it is and it stimulates suspense and causes Ovigly to exclaim "" Good heavens! " [...] "There's a man in it — men in it! Half roasted to death! Trying to escape!" "