Read the excerpt from “The Monkey's Paw.” Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. Which words in the excerpt hint at what might happen later in the story? “the fire burned brightly” “ideas about the game” “sharp and unnecessary perils” “knitting placidly by the fire”