Read this excerpt from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question.
A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to
thrust me violently back. For a brief moment I hesitated-I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope
with it about the recess: but the thought of an instant reassured me. I placed my hand upon the solid fabric of
the catacombs, and felt satisfied.
In the passage above, why did the narrator, Montresor, hesitate?
O He changes his mind and thought about releasing Fortunato.
He is said the screams might be heard and he would have to kill Fortunato.
O He is worried the wall would not be strong enough to hold Fortunato.
O He is afraid Fortunato had died.