Question

review the text. then, choose the one detail that best suggests that being in the parlor strengthens francess belief that the mansion is haunted. frances sneezed and rubbed the dust from her watering eyes. unused for decades, the top - floor parlor was full of shadows and furniture draped in old, billowing sheets. frances delighted in sharing ghost stories about the bailey mansion with the other house girls. \ghosts? stuff and nonsense!\ edith always said. but frances thought that edith might be singing a different tune if she were in francess shoes, stuck cleaning this gloomy parlor alone. running her feather duster over ornate picture frames, frances suddenly heard a rustling behind her. she whirled around, looking for a mouse. mrs. bailey loathed mice, developing elaborate systems for their entrapment. frances saw nothing, but continued to hear a faint scratching sound. she crept into the shadows, gasping when her sleeve brushed the edge of the sheeted piano. she took a deep breath and tried to steady her beating heart. its just a mouse, she reminded herself. but as she scanned for a furry creature where the dark mahogany wall met the floor, she found something else. carved into the wall was a rectangle a few feet high. the edges lined up with the pattern of the wall, making it nearly invisible. a hidden door, thought frances, reaching out and touching a rusted latch. the rustling, now louder than any mouse, was clearly coming from the other side.

Explanation:

The rustling sound coming from behind the hidden - door, which is louder than what a mouse could make, in an otherwise spooky and unused parlor, would strengthen Frances' belief that the mansion is haunted.

Answer:

The rustling, now louder than any mouse, was clearly coming from the other side of the hidden door.