Which of the following parts from w. w. jacob's "the monkey's paw" reveals information about a conflict in the story?

1. she ran to the door, but her husband was before her, and catching her by the arm, held her tightly.

2. without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of lakesman villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.

3. there he is," said herbert white, as the gate banged to loudly and heavy footsteps came toward the door.

4. in the huge new cemetery, some two miles distant, the old people buried their dead, and came back to a house steeped in shadow and silence.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

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