Mr. Bret M. Herholz

The Casque of Amontillado Mr. Bret M. Herholz

Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.