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Not I," I replied.
Then you are not of the brotherhood."
How?"
You are not of the masons."
Yes, yes," I said; "yes, yes."
You? Impossible! A mason?"
A mason," I replied.
A sign," he said, "a sign."
It is this," I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of
my roquelaire.
"You jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. "But let us proceed
to the Amontillado."
"Be it so," I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak and again
offering him my arm. He leaned upon it heavily. We continued our
route in search of the Amontillado. We passed through a range of low
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