- Edwin: There you are! You haven't just come? It's exceedingly dangerous to traverse the coasts this time of day! I'm so glad you came; I find that the pleasant company of my relations calms my nerves.
- Montresor: Therein lies the Amontillado.
- Fortunato: The Amontillado!
- [enters the chamber]
- Fortunato: [Montresor chains him to the wall] What's this?
- Montresor: It is very damp here. One more time: let me implore you to return. No? Then I must leave you. But first...
- [starts to seal up the chamber with bricks and cement]
- Fortunato: [screaming] NOOOOOOOOO!
- Young Man: What's that?
- [heartbeat sounds]
- Young Man: Good God... the old man's heartbeat! He must be terrified!
- [beating intensifies]
- Young Man: His heart will burst! Surely, it will burst! What if... a neighbor should hear?
- [moves in for the kill]
- Montresor: He has a weakness - this Fortunato - in some regards he is a man to be respected and even feared. Still, he has his weaknesses.