Select the correct inference of the given passage from "the cask of amontillado."

"ha! ha! ! he! very good joke indeed--an excellent jest. we shall have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo--he! he! our wine--he! he! he! "

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "A.Fortunato thinks Montresor has played a joke on him."

Here are the following choices:
A.Fortunato thinks Montresor has played a joke on him.
B.Fortunato hopes Montresor is playing a joke on him.
C.The two men will laugh about their adventure.
D.The two men enjoy playing jokes on one another.