[26] "Oh, my poor Mathilde! How you are changed!"

[27] "Yes, I have had a pretty hard life, since I last saw you, and great poverty-and that because of you!"

[28] "Of me! How so?"

[29] "Do you remember that diamond necklace you lent me to wear at the ministerial ball?"

[30] "Yes. Well?"

[31] "Well, I lost it."

[32] "What do you mean? You brought it back."

[33] "I brought you back another exactly like it. And it has taken us ten years to pay for it. You can understand that it was not easy for us, for us who had nothing. At last it is ended, and I am very glad."

[34] Madame Forestier had stopped.




How does the author use pacing to affect the tension in this excerpt?

A.
The author speeds up the pace to build tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.
B.
The author slows down the pace to ease tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.
C.
The author speeds up the pace to ease tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.
D.
The author slows down the pace to build tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.