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第31章 the cak f antild(第5页)

"Isaid,

"overthewall,youcannothelfeelingthenitre。IndeeditisVERYdam。OncemoreletmeIMPLOREyoutoreturn。No?ThenImustositivelyleaveyou。ButImustfirstrenderyouallthelittleattentionsinmyower。

"

"TheAmontillado!

"ejaculatedmyfriend,notyetrecoveredfromhisastonishment。

"True,

"Irelied,

"theAmontillado。

"

AsIsaidthesewordsIbusiedmyselfamongtheileofbonesofwhichIhavebeforesoken。Throwingthemaside,Isoonuncoveredaquantityofbuildingstoneandmortar。Withthesematerialsandwiththeaidofmytrowel,Ibeganvigorouslytowallutheentranceoftheniche。

IhadscarcelylaidthefirsttierofmymasonrywhenIdiscoveredthattheintoxicationofFortunatohadinagreatmeasurewornoff。TheearliestindicationIhadofthiswasalowmoaningcryfromthedethoftherecess。ItwasNOTthecryofadrunkenman。Therewasalongandobstinatesilence。Ilaidthesecondtier,andthethird,andthefourth;andthenIheardthefuriousvibrationsofthechain。Thenoiselastedforseveralminutes,duringwhich,thatImighthearkentoitwiththemoresatisfaction,Iceasedmylaboursandsatdownuonthebones。Whenatlasttheclankingsubsided,Iresumedthetrowel,andfinishedwithoutinterrutionthefifth,thesixth,andtheseventhtier。Thewallwasnownearlyuonalevelwithmybreast。Iagainaused,andholdingtheflambeauxoverthemason-work,threwafewfeebleraysuonthefigurewithin。

Asuccessionofloudandshrillscreams,burstingsuddenlyfromthethroatofthechainedform,seemedtothrustmeviolentlyback。ForabriefmomentIhesitated,Itrembled。Unsheathingmyraier,Ibegantogroewithitabouttherecess;butthethoughtofaninstantreassuredme。Ilacedmyhanduonthesolidfabricofthecatacombs,andfeltsatisfied。Irearoachedthewall。Ireliedtotheyellsofhimwhoclamoured。Ireechoed,Iaided,Isurassedtheminvolumeandinstrength。Ididthis,andtheclamourergrewstill。

Itwasnowmidnight,andmytaskwasdrawingtoaclose。Ihadcomletedtheeighth,theninth,andthetenthtier。Ihadfinishedaortionofthelastandtheeleventh;thereremainedbutasinglestonetobefittedandlasteredin。Istruggledwithitsweight;Ilaceditartiallyinitsdestinedosition。Butnowtherecamefromoutthenichealowlaughthaterectedthehairsuonmyhead。Itwassucceededbyasadvoice,whichIhaddifficultyinrecognisingasthatofthenobleFortunato。Thevoicesaid-

"Ha!ha!ha!-he!he!-averygoodjoke,indeed-anexcellentjest。Wewillhavemanyarichlaughaboutitatthealazzo-he!he!he!-overourwine-he!he!he!

"

"TheAmontillado!

"Isaid。

"He!he!he!-he!he!he!-yes,theAmontillado。Butisitnotgettinglate?Willnottheybeawaitingusatthealazzo,theLadyFortunatoandtherest?Letusbegone。

"

"Yes,

"Isaid,

"letusbegone。

"

"FORTHELOVEOFGOD,MONTRESOR!

"

"Yes,

"Isaid,

"fortheloveofGod!

"

ButtothesewordsIhearkenedinvainforarely。Igrewimatient。Icalledaloud-

"Fortunato!

"

Noanswer。Icalledagain-

"Fortunato!

"

Noanswerstill。Ithrustatorchthroughtheremainingaertureandletitfallwithin。Therecameforthinreturnonlyajinglingofthebells。Myheartgrewsick-itwasthedamnessofthecatacombsthatmadeitso。Ihastenedtomakeanendofmylabour。Iforcedthelaststoneintoitsosition;Ilastereditu。AgainstthenewmasonryIreerectedtheoldramartofbones。Forthehalfofacenturynomortalhasdisturbedthem。Inacerequiescat!

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