I think the answer is A.) giving the readers clues about what is next to come:)
Answer:
The church rejoices with them in the remarkable providence of God
Answer is A. It develops a shocking and horrifying image of the narrator's experience followed by his attempts to forget what happens.
As the journey goes on, the narrator describes the places he visits as really obscure and sinister, places where he does not want to be. Time drags and every place looks the same, so he unconsciously wants this images to slip out of his memory.
