Read following excerpt. Determine the best context clue that justifies the narrator’s paranoid state of mind. "A fearful idea now suddenly drove the blood in torrents upon my heart, and for a brief period, I once more relapsed into insensibility. Upon recovering, I at once started to my feet, trembling convulsively in every fibre. I thrust my arms wildly above and around me in all directions. I felt nothing; yet dreaded to move a step, lest I should be impeded by the walls of a tomb. Perspiration burst from every pore, and stood in cold big beads upon my forehead. The agony of suspense grew at length intolerable, and I cautiously moved forward, with my arms extended, and my eyes straining from their sockets, in the hope of catching some faint ray of light. I proceeded for many paces; but still all was blackness and vacancy. I breathed more freely. It seemed evident that mine was not, at least, the most hideous of fates" (Poe).

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“I felt nothing; yet dreaded to move a step, lest I should be impeded by the walls of a tomb” (Poe).

“My arms extended, and my eyes straining from their sockets, in the hope of catching some faint ray of light” (Poe).

“The agony of suspense grew at length intolerable” (Poe).