Read the excerpt from "the lady maid's bell."

to my astonishment, mrs. blinder went white, and gave my hand a kind of squeeze. "don't do that, my dear," said she, trembling-like. "to tell you the truth, that was emma saxon's room, and my mistress has kept it closed ever since her death."

in this scene, the words “went white” and “trembling-like” create a sense of