Which sentence in this excerpt from herman melville's "bartleby, the scrivener" best exhibits the use of verbal irony?

What do mcmahon’s references to thomas carlyle and john stuart mill do for his own image and credibility?

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

Briefly describe your ideas about elisa's connection to both the ranch or garden and the road setting of the story