"Come," I said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi--"

The narrator wishes to turn back before Fortunato gets sick.

Fortunato is a rich and popular man in town.

The narrator is not an important man.

Fortunato is ignorant of the narrator’s intent to harm him.

Ha! ha! ha!--he! he! he!--a very good joke indeed--an excellent jest. We shall have ma

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"Come," I said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi--"

 The narrator wishes to turn back before Fortunato gets sick.

 Fortunato is a rich and popular man in town.

 The narrator is not an important man.

 Fortunato is ignorant of the narrator’s intent to harm him.

Ha! ha! ha!--he! he! he!--a very good joke indeed--an excellent jest. We shall have ma