What technique is used to create suspense in this passage? Explain how in a complete paragraph of at least three sentences.
"I can't believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke."
"Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting."
"Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder."
The general laughed with entire good nature. He regarded Rainsford
quizzically. "I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man
as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life.
Surely your experiences in the war--"
"Did not make me condone cold-blooded murder," finished Rainsford stiffly.
Laughter shook the general. "How extraordinarily droll you are!" he said.
"One does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even
in America, with such a naive, and, if I may say so, mid-Victorian point of
view. It's 320 like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. Ah, well, doubtless you
had Puritan ancestors. So many Americans appear to have had. I'll wager you'll
forget your notions when you go hunting with me. You've a genuine new thrill
in store for you, Mr. Rainsford."
