Which excerpt from “the adventure of the mystery picture” conveys the playful tone of the passage

The excerpt from  "The Adventure of the Mystery Picture"  that conveys the playful tone of the passage is:

"A picture!" said the old gentleman with the haunted head. "A picture!" cried the narrator with the waggish nose. "A picture! a picture!" echoed several voices."

In literature, playful tone refers to a tone spoken by the character which is fun, in high spirits, intended to be funny, or to make people laugh. This is usually done in a part of the story that it is not really important to the flow of the plot, so it doesn't distract the reader.

“A picture!” said the old gentleman with the haunted head. “A picture!” cried the narrator with the waggish nose. “A picture! a picture!” echoed several voices.

explanation:

dear evan hansen is a stage musical with music and lyrics by benj pasek and justin paul, and book by steven levenson.

the musical opened on broadway at the music box theatre in december 2016, after its world premiere at the arena stage in washington, d.c., in july 2015 and an off-broadway production at second stage theatre from march to may 2016.

at the 71st tony awards, it was nominated for nine awards, winning six, including best musical, best score, best actor in a musical for ben platt, and best featured actress in a musical for rachel bay jones.

i may be wrong but i think your answer is flashback