The girl looked at me, i was scared half-scared of all nice girls.
i thougth of those hard, pale eyes, soda was wrong for once.
Answer:
This shows that the writer has a healthy self-confidence and he is also capable of holding his ground. Such writers feel bad if their presence is not acknowledged by others.
I personally would say ancient castle in ruins...
My reason for this would be that the office building and the apartment in the city will be modern and won't have a Gothic feel to it...
The mansion in the countryside will be surrounded by green fields and well that scenario doesn't sound very dark and Gothic to me...
And well that castle in ruins will have a spooky side to it as it will be abandoned and especially at night will be a host to a whole range of spooky thoughts and ideas.
