Here Montresor and Fortunato stop to look at Montresor's family coat of arms hanging on the wall. The images here are violent and deadly, foreshadowing Fortunato's impending doom. The motto on the coat of arms translates to "no one attacks us with impunity."
The reader can infer that Montresor will not let the insult of Fortunato go unpunished. He is a vengeful man -- that is his family's way.
