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第31章 the cak f antild(第2页)

"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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