Traveling through the woods, I had become lost. The rain

was pelting down, and I had no shelter. My horse was

nervous. Suddenly, I approached a clearing.

Which plot development would most clearly classify this story as a work of

Gothic literature?

A. The narrator will encounter skeptical villagers.

O

B. The narrator will see a beautiful woman.

C. The narrator will stumble into a foreign land.

O

D. The narrator will see an abandoned castle.