Question

Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher."

Its evidence -- the evidence of the sentience -- was to be seen, he said, (and here I started as he spoke,) in the gradual yet certain condensation of an atmosphere of their own about the waters and the walls. The result was discoverable, he added, in that silent, yet importunate and terrible influence which for centuries had moulded the destinies of his family, and which made him what I now saw him -- what he was. Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none.

Based on this excerpt, the narrator seems
supportive of Usher’s theory.
skeptical of Usher’s theory.
curious about the history of the house.
analytical about the history of the house.

Answer 1

skeptical of Usher’s theory.

The narrator starts and refrains from endorsing or elaborating ("Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none"), showing surprise and distance rather than support or analytic curiosity.