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? ? ? ? "Enough," he said; "the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough."
? ? ? ? "True --true," I replied; "and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily --but you should use all proper caution. A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps.
? ? ? ? Here I knocked off the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long row of its fellows that lay upon the mould.
? ? ? ? "Drink," I said, presenting him the wine.
? ? ? ? He raised it to his lips with a leer. He paused and nodded to me familiarly, while his bells jingled.
? ? ? ? "I drink," he said, "to the buried that repose around us."
? ? ? ? "And I to your long life."
? ? ? ? He again took my arm, and we proceeded.
? ? ? ? "These vaults," he said, "are extensive."
? ? ? ? "The Montresors," I replied, "were a great and numerous family.
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