Fortunato at last tries to reason with his killer by calling his entombment “an excellent jest….”Let us be gone,” he says, to wh
ich Montresor replies, “Yes, let us be gone.” What do the two men mean when they say these words?
A. Fortunato means “let's go back,” and Montresor means “you will die soon and no longer be in my life.”
B. Fortunato means to apologize for the wrong he has done Montresor, and Montresor suggests he does not accept the apology.
C. Fortunato means “I am ready to die,” and Montresor means, “ I want to die.”
D. Fortunato means “leave me in peace” and Montresor means, “I finally
have my revenge.”
