Read the excerpt from “The Monkey's Paw.”
He went down in the darkness, and felt his way to the parlour, and then to the mantelpiece. The talisman was in its place, and a horrible fear that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could escape from the room seized upon him, and he caught his breath as he found that he had lost the direction of the door. His brow cold with sweat, he felt his way round the table, and groped along the wall until he found himself in the small passage with the unwholesome thing in his hand.

What helps show the mood in the excerpt?

A. the setting of the parlour
B. the monkey’s paw in its place on the mantel
C. sensory descriptions, such as the cold, sweaty brow
D. the unspoken wish of Mr. White