If any one has a critical turn, it is he. “As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain.” Price without consulting you in the matter. “I have my doubts,” I replied “and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado “Amontillado? A pipe? Impossible! And in the middle of the Looking to-day! But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts.” I said to him - “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. I was so pleased to see him, that I thought I should never have done wringing He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was He accosted me with excessive warmth, for It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered Was skilful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought largely whenever I could. In this respect I did not differ from him materially: I Quack - but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a Upon the British and Austrian millionaires. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity - to practise imposture He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. He had a weak point - this Fortunato - although in other regards he was a man to be
I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the It must be understood, that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good It is equally unredressed when theĪvenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
The very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. At length I would be avenged this was a point definitively settled - but
You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that He ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. T HE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could but when
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