Whoever answers first and correctly will be brainiest or whatever.

How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild horror, and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger! But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady!
—“The Lady, or the Tiger,” Frank R. Stockton

Which strategy is the author using to build suspense in this passage?

A) Putting characters in jeopardy
B) Using time to build tension
C) Placing characters in a dangerous setting
D) Using point of view to show characters’ thoughts