详解
Choice D is the best answer. In lines 68-74("The other...gleam"), the narrator states that he did not see the "cheering"glow of a fire in his sitting-room fireplace. This statement provides evidence that the narrator views his lodgings as dreary or bleak.
Choices A, B, and C do not provide the best evidence that the narrator views his lodgings as dreary. Choices A and C are incorrect because they do not provide the narrator's opinion of his lodgings, and choice B is incorrect because lines 21-23("for ...lodgings")describe the narrator's lodgings only as "small."