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Monologue Of Amontillado

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He told me that he had Amontillado, I trusted him and made him my friend, he said that
He had a pipe of Amontillado, at first I did not believe him, there is no way he had a pipe of Amontillado in the middle of the Carnaval! But then he convinced me, I was drunk l I did not feel well, I was coughing and felt sick, but the Amontillado is worth it. Montresor was acting weird he kept asking me about my health, he told me that there are Nitre in the vault and that he does not want me to get sick, but I did not listen to him. We got through several suits and rooms to the archway that led into the vaults. Montresor kept giving me more wine. I did not say no. We then start walking again, we passed through long walls of piled skeletons that looked

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