Late that night, Isaac woke up with a fright. It took him a
moment to identify his surroundings as those of the old,
crumbling mansion where the kindly stranger had offered
him shelter from his journey. What had awakened him? It
was not the clock. The dogs had stopped howling. Was
that the sound of footsteps he heard outside his bedroom
door?
Which aspect of this story most clearly makes it a work of Gothic literature?
A. It is concerned with the passage of time.
B. It contains elements of decay.
C. Its protagonist is male.
D. It involves the supernatural.