Daily puzzle

Put The Cask of Amontillado back in order

Seven beats from our edition of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. The vow of revenge Montresor declares that Fortunato’s thousand injuries he bore, but the insult demands a revenge that punishes without risk and makes itself known to the victim.
  2. Carnival encounter He meets the costumed, drinking Fortunato and baits him with talk of an Amontillado whose authenticity he claims to doubt.
  3. Into the vaults Under pretense of seeking another taster, he leads Fortunato through the empty palazzo and down into the niter-coated catacombs.
  4. Wine and warnings Montresor plies him with Medoc, exchanges talk of his coat of arms and the masons, and repeatedly offers to turn back to deepen the trap.
  5. The chaining At a small recess he quickly fetters the surprised Fortunato to the granite wall before the man can resist.
  6. Bricking up the niche Montresor lays tier after tier of stone, pausing as Fortunato’s screams give way to a weak laugh and a plea by God.
  7. Fifty years of silence He sets the final stone, hears only the jingling bells, and notes that for half a century no one has disturbed the bones.