This is a difficult question @Joyful because everyone is correct.
It is yours to write how you want.
It definitely helps if you are an English Victorian novelist that
influenced standards for said cliche writing styles, 1st Baron Lytton and Brontes alike.
Here’s the thing. We are still reciting their words. Almost 200 years in syndication. So, yes something about that really worked at that time.
Rules for good writing are there for a reason. Mostly to save us from ourselves, but it really depends on what you are writing. After all, what is a rule if it is not meant to be broken?
For example, @Danielw had offered a week of writing where we mimicked the author’s writing that we admired as a skill-building exercise.
I could see this working well there or if you are a modern writer that just enjoys writing in a gothic victorian style (like Laurie R. King’s, Russell and Holmes series) that enjoyably transports the reader to another time in literature.
Whatever you decide @Joyful, just keep writing.
You can play with your intro later if you like, but for now, let the night be as dark and stormy as you like if it helps get your story written. No one will be the wiser.