Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The incident had occurred and was gone for me: it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life. My help had been needed and claimed; I had given it: I was pleased to have done something; trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing, and I was weary of an existence all passive. (chapter 12)

If this excerpt were rewritten to incorporate Rochester’s impressions of his first encounter with Jane Eyre, which of the following would be the most likely affect on this portion of the story?

It would increase the tension.
It would diminish the tension.
It would lighten the mood.
It would darken the mood.