Which of these two quotes would look better in an essay?

In the rising action, “She stood by the window and looked out dully,” O. Henry wrote, “Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present,” (4).

In the rising action, O. Henry writes, “She stood by the window and looked out dully,” O. Henry wrote, “Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present,” (4).