Answer: "Seemed to John he had heard the place was haunted.
Step-by-step explanation:
Better Wait Till Martin Comes is part of a collection of horror stories for children called Scary stories to tell in the dark.
The excerpt at the beginning of the story that creates the most suspense is: "Seemed to John he had heard the place was haunted".
Better wait till Martin comes is a short story of a man (John) that was stranded and was looking for a place to spend the night. He came across an abandoned old mansion that he had heard was haunted but decided to spend the night anyway because he was stranded.
That excerpt creates the most suspense at the beginning of the story.