The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.Narrator
I must not only punish but punish with impunity.Narrator
Nemo me impune lacessit.Narrator
At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled - but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk.Narrator
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.Narrator
I said to him - 'My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day.'Narrator
'Enough,' he said; 'the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.'Fortunato
A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps.Narrator
'Proceed,' I said; 'herein is the Amontillado. As for Luchesi - ' 'He is an ignoramus,' interrupted my friend.Narrator and Fortunato
In pace requiescat!Narrator