Across
- 2. "I must not only punish but punish with _______."
- 3. "I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his ________."
- 6. "To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and ______ dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable."
- 7. "With these materials and with the aid of my _______, I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche."
- 10. "I suffered myself to use ______ language to my wife. At length, I even offered her personal violence."
- 11. "For months I could not rid myself of the _______ of the cat."
- 12. "I took from their sconces two ______, and giving one to Fortunato, bowed him through several suites of rooms to the archway that led into the vaults."
- 13. "It is impossible to describe, or to imagine, the deep, the blissful sense of relief which the absence of the ________ creature occasioned in my bosom."
Down
- 1. "I was answered by a voice from within the tomb! — by a cry, at first muffled and broken, like the sobbing of a child, and then quickly swelling into one long, loud, and continuous scream, utterly ________ and inhuman — a howl — a wailing shriek, half of horror and half of triumph."
- 4. "From my infancy I was noted for the ________ and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions."
- 5. "I had scarcely laid the first tier of the _______ when I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off."
- 8. "We came at length to the foot of the descent, and stood together upon the damp ground of the ________ of the Montresors."
- 9. "Upon the fourth day of the assassination, a party of the police came, very unexpectedly, into the house, and proceeded again to make _______ investigation of the premises."