Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable.

This sentence is part of the exposition because it

introduces a character.

makes the reader curious.

develops the central conflict.

provides tension for the story.