Which excerpt from "the adventure of the mysterious picture" conveys the playful tone of the passage?

a) the attention of the company was immediately turned to me; if my face had been pale the moment before, it now glowed almost to burning.
b) i tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace; and found all the muscles of my face twitching at sixes and sevens.
c) there is a picture in the room in which i was put last night, that has had an effect upon me the most singular and incomprehensible.
d) “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.