"Ihavenoengagement,-come。
"
"Myfriend,no。Itisnottheengagement,buttheseverecoldwithwhichIerceiveyouareafflicted。Thevaultsareinsufferablydam。Theyareencrustedwithnitre。
"
"Letusgo,nevertheless。Thecoldismerelynothing。Amontillado!Youhavebeenimoseduon;andasforLuchresi,hecannotdistinguishSherryfromAmontillado。
"
Thusseaking,Fortunatoossessedhimselfofmyarm。Puttingonamaskofblacksilkanddrawingaroquelaurecloselyaboutmyerson,IsufferedhimtohurrymetomyPalazzo。
Therewerenoattendantsathome;theyhadabscondedtomakemerryinhonourofthetime。IhadtoldthemthatIshouldnotreturnuntilthemorningandhadgiventhemexlicitordersnottostirfromthehouse。Theseordersweresufficient,Iwellknew,toinsuretheirimmediatedisaearance,oneandall,assoonasmybackwasturned。
Itookfromtheirsconcestwoflambeaux,andgivingonetoFortunato,bowedhimthroughseveralsuitesofroomstothearchwaythatledintothevaults。Iasseddownalongandwindingstaircase,requestinghimtobecautiousashefollowed。Wecameatlengthtothefootofthedescent,andstoodtogetheronthedamgroundofthecatacombsoftheMontresors。
Thegaitofmyfriendwasunsteady,andthebellsuonhiscajingledashestrode。
"Theie,
"hesaid。
"Itisfartheron,
"saidI,
"butobservethewhiteweb-workwhichgleamsfromthesecavernwalls。
"
Heturnedtowardsmeandlookedintomyeyeswithtwofilmyorbsthatdistilledtherheumofintoxication。
"Nitre?
"heaskedatlength。
"Nitre,
"Irelied,
"Howlonghaveyouhadthatcough!
"
"Ugh!ugh!ugh!-ugh!ugh!ugh!-ugh!ugh!ugh!-ugh!ugh!ugh!
-ugh!ugh!ugh!
"
Myoorfriendfounditimossibletorelyformanyminutes。
"Itisnothing,
"hesaidatlast。
"Come,
"Isaid,withdecision,
"wewillgoback;yourhealthisrecious。Youarerich,resected,admired,beloved;youarehayasonceIwas。Youareamantobemissed。Formeitisnomatter。Wewillgoback;youwillbeillandIcannotberesonsible。Besides,thereisLuchresi-
"
"Enough,
"hesaid,
"thecoughisamerenothing;itwillnotkillme。Ishallnotdieofacough。
"
"True-true,
"Irelied,
"and,indeed,Ihadnointentionofalarmingyouunnecessarily-butyoushoulduseallroercaution。AdraughtofthisMedocwilldefendusfromthedams。
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