I belive as you can see they werent tortured,and they were allready humiliated enough an prison, disorientation has nothing to do with it, and grudging respect is something unwilingly done but reluctantly respecting the person/persons so the answer is D
Fortunato and Montresor are alike in social status. They are both noblemen, evidenced by their coats-of-arms and the fact that they call each other friend.