“By the bye, gentlemen, this -- this is a very well
constructed house." (In the rabid desire to say
something easily, I scarcely knew what I uttered
at all.) - "I may say an excellently well
constructed house. These walls -- are you going,
gentlemen ? - these walls are solidly put
together;" and here, through the mere phrenzy
of bravado, I rapped heavily, with a cane which
held in my hand, upon that very portion of the
brick-work behind which stood the corpse”
Is this an example of Dramatic Irony, Verbal Irony, Situational Irony, or foreshadowing?