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4. we timed ourselves during the experiment
The servants do not "abscond" because Montresor tells them to stay at home; they do so because he tells them he will be gone all night. They don't care if he finds out that they all left to join in the carnival. He can't fire them because he can't get anybody to replace them.
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Simply because of the roaring engines of the luxury bus.
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D. A hyperbole is the answer
