Question

Which best explains the use of irony in "The Piece of String?"

Answer 1

That something as small as picking up a piece of string can have such disastrous consequences.

Step-by-step explanation:

all just because of the string that people thought he was a liar yet in the end they found out he was right

Answer 2

That the protagonist Maitre Hauchecorne is innocent of the crime that he's being blamed for. Yet he's accused and believed of being guilty regardless. And by merely keeping to claim his innocence, he only further speculates himself being guilty.