The answer is A, a word within a word.
The answer is A because a historical event already happened
ANSWER: who tells the story
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.
