Discussion
Which one of the sentence sequences in the given options creates a coherent narrative?
(i) I could not bring myself to knock.
(ii) There was a murmur of unfamiliar voices coming from the big drawing room and the door was firmly shut.
(iii) The passage was dark for a bit, but then it suddenly opened into a bright kitchen.
(iv) I decided I would rather wander down the passage.
Answer: C
The coherent order is (ii), (i), (iv), (iii).
The narrator first finds the drawing room shut, with unfamiliar voices behind the door (ii). That explains why they could not bring themselves to knock (i). Not wanting to go in, they decide to wander down the passage instead (iv), and the passage, dark for a bit, opens into a bright kitchen (iii). Each sentence supplies the reason or setting for the next.
Starting with (iv) or (iii) puts the walk down the passage before the reason for it. Starting with (i) has the narrator unable to knock before any door has been mentioned, and in that order the passage and kitchen arrive before the decision to wander down the passage.
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