At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor,
with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted. Where in the plot is this excerpt found?
This excerpt can be found in the rising action part of the plot.
Explanation:
The moment of rising action in a story is the sequence of several events or incidents that create suspense and the increasing interest in the reader for knowing that is going to happen at the end, it is the prior step to the climax which is the highest point of all the events presented in rising action and follow the decisions of the characters.
