Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as i can see, to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort; and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, i want to tell you of a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, were remarkable not so much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784)

which option identifies an explicit meaning of the above excerpt?

the members of the brigata enjoy telling lighthearted stories.
dioneo, the narrator, is concerned about pleasing his audience.
most of the stories have featured kind and generous noblemen.
dioneo's story will be about a marquis.

Dioneo's story will be about a marquis.

Explanation:

The excerpt is from "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio. The tenth story of the tenth day that Dioneo is going to narrate will be based on Griselda, whose husband is the Marquess of Saluzzo. He tested her in various ways, including giving up her children, divorcing her and marrying another woman. This is a 'story within a story' where the 10 men and women each took turns telling stories every night to pass the time during their hideaway from the Black Death that is the setting of the whole book.

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.