{"id":3917,"date":"2019-06-18T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2021-04-21T17:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T22:05:04","slug":"the-cask-of-amontillado-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/18\/the-cask-of-amontillado-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cask of Amontillado, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Edgar Allan Poe<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adapted to chat story format by Captivated Chat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-part1-2.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Listen to the story<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>[relatedYouTubeVideos relation=&#8221;postTitle&#8221; max=&#8221;2&#8243; lang=&#8221;en&#8221; class=&#8221;right horizontal bg-black center&#8221; previewMode=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Knowing you so well, and the nature of your soul, I will not suppose, however, that you gave utterance to any threat. \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I? No! At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled\u2014but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You have said, a wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You obviously have felt and thought deeply on this question!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Burning alive? Surely not that!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He had a weak point\u2014this Fortunato\u2014although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. \n\n\n\n Wine connoisseur \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> We all know he overly prided himself a win connoisseur. \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. \n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> So you have often stated!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity\u2014to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires. \n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But surely that&#8217;s not true of Fortunato! He is famous for his taste in many things!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack in painting and gemmary  \u2014 but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him materially: I was skillful in the Italian vintages myself, and often bought largely.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> So I am aware.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  I encountered my friend as it was about dusk one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season. He accosted me with excessive warmth, lost &nbsp;in drink. \n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The poor fellow has a known proclivity for excessive drinking.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him, that I thought I should never be done wringing his hand.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Luchesi-e1560201031994.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Luchesi<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You wore the mask, eh?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> In every way. I said to him\u2014&#8221;My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day! But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts.&#8221; As I remember it\u2026\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>* * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here&#8217;s the deal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> How? Amontillado? A pipe? Impossible! And in the middle of the carnival!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I have my doubts, and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Amontillado!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I have my doubts.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Amontillado!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> And I must satisfy them.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Amontillado!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn, it is he. He will tell me\u2014\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Come, let us go.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Whither?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  To your vaults.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi\u2014\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I have no engagement;\u2014come.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> My friend, no. It is the severe cold you are afflicted with, not the engagement. The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with nitre.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon. And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Fortunato, you have possessed yourself of my arm. Unhand me so that I may put on my mask of black silk, and draw my roquelaire closely about my person. I too suffer from the cold air.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Surely, but do hurry along with me to your palazzo. We must not tarry!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> There may be no attendants in sight; they have absconded to make merry in honour of the hour. \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Do try to keep up.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Into the vaults<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I must first take from their sconces a couple of these flambeaux, and give one to you Fortunato. Now follow me and we will bow through just a few suites of rooms. You may recall this is the archway that leads into the vaults. \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  At last!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Be careful on this staircase, too, it is a long and winding one. Be cautious following me.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  I am glad that you are leading the way.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> We now come at length to the foot of the descent.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  A damp ground.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The hallowed ground of the catacombs of the Montresors!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Your gait my friend is unsteady, and the bells upon your cap jingle as you walk. Silly, is it not!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  The pipe.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It is farther on, but observe the white web-work which gleams from these cavern walls.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Nitre?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Nitre. How long have you had that cough?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> F: Ugh! ughh! uggh!\u2014ughhh! ughh! ugh!\u2014uggh! ughh! ughhh!\u2014ugh! ughh! ughhh!\u2014ugh! ughh! ughhh!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> My poor friend, you have been coughing so long a time!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  It is nothing.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Come, we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved, and happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. Therefore, we must go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi\u2014\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Fortunato<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\">  Enough, the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. 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