Read the excerpt from "The Monkeys 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,
Even his wife's face seemed changed as he entered the room. It was white and expectant, and to his fears seemed to have an unnatural look upon it. He was
afraid of her
What is the mood of the excerpt?
A terrified
B. angry
C. Sorrowful
D. disgusted