Select the correct inference of the given passage from ''The Cask of Amontillado''

''Come,''I said, with decision,''we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides there is Luchesi--'' A. The narrator wishes to turn back before Fortunato gets sick B. Fortunato is a rich and popular man in town. C. The narrator is not an important man. D. Fortunato is ignorant of the narrator's intent to harm him.

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Mariah Vance

9 May, 10:56

Select the correct inference of the given passage from ''The Cask of Amontillado''

''Come,''I said, with decision,''we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides there is Luchesi--'' A. The narrator wishes to turn back before Fortunato gets sick B. Fortunato is a rich and popular man in town. C. The narrator is not an important man. D. Fortunato is ignorant of the narrator's intent to harm him.

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Sidney Donaldson · Answer 1

From this passage you can take away a lot of things. But the one that stands out the most is exactly what the narrator wants to seem. The answer is A). In this case, the strongest inference is that the narrator wishes to turn back before Fortunato gets sick