Zooming In on Trouble by T. Herlinger, The night was perfect—pitch dark with a lovely crescent moon. Jan set up her tripod on the balcony and attached the camera and her new zoom lens. Then, she turned out the living room light, shut the glass sliding door, and settled in. Positioning herself behind the camera, she was about to peer through the viewfinder when a light caught her eye from the house across the way. The light in that window would ruin any time exposures she takes of the moon. Annoyed, she tilted the camera downward and zoomed in on the source. The lens was amazing—she could zoom straight into the neighbor’s living room. Jan knew she shouldn’t do it, that it was spying, but she was angry about the light. So she zoomed all the way in.
There were two people sitting hunched over a table. Then one sat back, and Jan about knocked over the tripod. There in her viewfinder were stacks and stacks of money, just like some old gangster movie! She blinked and looked again, only someone had closed the drape! Had they seen her? Cautiously, her hands shaking, Jan folded up the tripod and laid the contraption on the cement floor. Then, she sat with her back to the wall of the balcony and tried to think what to do. Should she call the police? But what if it was legitimate! Then, everyone would know she was a spy. And had she even seen what she thought she saw? She’d never used this lens before. Plus, she was peering into a window way across the street on a pitch dark night. Maybe she’d imagined it. Right now, that was a much better option.
Why is the "one lit window" a significant part of the setting?
A. It helps to calm readers so that they know there is light.
B. It gives the scene more atmosphere and creates a mood.
C. It creates the situation for Jan to spy on her neighbors.
D. It suggests something cheerful in the bleak, dark night.