Your Tone reveals the attitude that you have towards a subject.
The balloon popped is the sentence therefore C is correct
Fortunato is addicted to wine and is drunk when he meets montresor. Montresor is insulted by the things Fortunato dose and wants revenge. Fortunato thinks about Amontillado and how he can help Fortunato take a step up a level. He thinks that the whole story right up until Montresor gets him more drunk and kills him. Hope it helps ❤️