Answer:
B. Ellery Queen cannot find the money.
Step-by-step explanation:
Ellery is frantically searching for his money, she has searched everywhere but is unable to find the money. He is desperate to find the lost money and he is not helped by the snickering of the Buell, Ruffo and Strager boys.
The inability of Ellery to find the missing money is the source of tension in the passage.