Question

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

[S]he succumbed (as her brother told me at night with inexpressible agitation) to the prostrating power of the destroyer; and I learned that the glimpse I had obtained of her person would thus probably be the last I should obtain -- that the lady, at least while living, would be seen by me no more.

How does this excerpt provide information about the narrator of the story?
It describes what the narrator knows from his past.
It describes what the narrator experiences in the story.
It provides an inference drawn by the narrator.
It provides a criticism voiced by the narrator.

Answer 1

It provides an inference drawn by the narrator.

Explanation: The narrator concludes ("would thus probably be the last I should obtain")—a prediction/inference about not seeing the lady alive again—based on what her brother told him and his prior glimpse of her.