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Fortunato and I both have beenhad beenwerewas�members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play together when we were children. Fortunato was bigger, more richrichermost richrichestand handsomermost handsomehandsomestmore handsome than I was. And heenjoyedenjoyenjoyshas enjoyed madeto makemakemaking me look asthanoflike a fool. He hurthurtedhas gurtedhurting�my feelings a thousand times during the years of my childhood. I never shownshowshowingshowed my anger, however. So, he thaughtthoughtthinkedthink we were good friends. But I has promisedhad promisedwas promisedpromised myself that one day I will punishpunishedwould punishhave punished Fortunato for his insults to me. Many years have passedpassedpasswere passed. Fortunato married a rich and beautiful woman who givenhas givenwas givengave him sons. Deep in my heart I was hatinghatedhathate him, but I never said or did anything that showed him how I really fellfallfeltfeel. When I smiled atforwithagainst him, he thought it was because we werearehave beenwas�friends. He did not knewnot knewdid not knowdoes not know it was the thought of his death that made me to smilesmilingsmilesmiled Everyone in our town respected Fortunato. Some manmansmenmens were afraid of him because he was so rich and powerful. He hashadhavewas having a weak spot, however. He thought he was an excellent judge of wine. I also was an expert on wine. I spent a lot of money boughtbuybuyingto buy rare and costly wines. I stored the wines in the dark rooms under my family's palace. Our palace was one of oldermore oldthe oldestthe most old buildings in the town. The Montresor family had livedlivedwere livingwas living in it for hundreds of years. We were burriedburriedhad burriedwere burrying our dead in the rooms under the palace.ThisTheseThatThey�tombs were quiet, dark places that no one but myself ever visited. Late one evening during carnival season, I happento happenhappeninghappened to meet Fortunato on the street. He wentwas goinghad gonewould go�home alone from a party. Fortunato was beautiful in his silk suit made of many colors: yellow, green, purple and red. On his head he wore an orange cap, covered with little silver bells. I could sawto seeseeseeing he������ was drinkingdrankhad been drinkingwas drunk too much wine. He threwthrowthrownthraw his arms around me. He said he was glad to see me. Edgar Allan Poe