Which option most accurately depicts how the author’s description of the setting indicates the tone of this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from The Mysteries of Udolpho, which describes Emily’s entrance into the castle.

Another gate delivered them into the second court, grass-grown, and more wild than the first, where, as she surveyed through the twilight its desolation—its lofty walls, overtopt with briony, moss and nightshade, and the embattled towers that rose above,—long-suffering and murder came to her thoughts. One of those instantaneous and unaccountable convictions, which sometimes conquer even strong minds, impressed her with its horror.

Which option most accurately depicts how the author’s description of the setting indicates the tone of this excerpt?

A. Words like “grass-grown,” “nightshade,” and “wild” contribute to a neglected tone.
B. Words like “twilight,” “surveyed” and “conquer” contribute to an explorative tone.
C. Words like “long-suffering,” “desolation” and “horror” contribute to a fearful tone.
D. Words like “instantaneous,” “unaccountable,” and “convictions” contribute to a determined tone.