The falling action occurred when the policemen were just about leaving the house, and the black cat screamed loudly from the wall where its master had encaved it along with his wife's corpse.
Explanation:
The falling action in a story occurs just after the climax when the author closes all loose ends and the main problem in the story resolves itself. In the Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, the falling action occurred just when the man in the story thought that he had escaped his crime and its consequences.
After the police officers had conducted their search in the house and were about leaving, the Black Cat screamed so loudly and drew the attention of the policemen to the wall where they saw the decaying corpse of the man's wife as well as the Black Cat.
