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said, "Did you at least win your battle?" and Inigo said, "I did," and Westley
said, "Let us try to find some place to defend ourselves; at least perhaps we
can go together," and Buttercup said, "I'll help you up, poor darling," and
Fezzik said, "Oh, Inigo, I need you, please, Inigo; I'm lost and miserable and
frightened and I just need to see a friendly face."
They moved slowly to the window.
Wandering lost and forlorn through the Prince's garden was Fezzik, leading the
four giant whites.
"Here," Inigo whispered.
"
Three friendly faces," Fezzik said, kind of bouncing up and down on his heels,
which he always did when things were looking up. "Oh, Inigo, I just ruined
everything and I got so lost and when I stumbled into the stables and found
these pretty horses I thought four was how many of them there were and four
was how many of us there were too, if we found the lady hello, lady and I
thought, Why not take them along with me in case we all ever run into each
other." He stopped a moment, considering. "And I guess we did."
Inigo was terribly excited. "Fezzik, you thought for yourself," he said.
Fezzik considered that a moment too. "Does that mean you're not mad at me for
getting lost?"
"If we only had a ladder " Buttercup began.
"Oh, you don't need a ladder to get down here," Fezzik said; "it's only twenty
feet, I'll catch you, only do it one at a time, please; there's not enough
light, so if you all come at once
I might miss."
So while Humperdinck struggled, they jumped, one at a time, and Fezzik caught
them gently and put them on the whites, and he still had the key so they could
get out the front gate, and except for the fact that Yellin had regrouped the
Brute Squad, they would have gotten out without any trouble at all. As it was,
when Fezzik unlocked the gate, they saw nothing but armed Brutes in formation,
Yellin at their lead. And no one smiling.
Westley shook his head. "I am dry of notions."
"Child's play," of all people, Buttercup said, and she led the group toward
Yellin. "The
Count is dead; the Prince is in grave danger. Hurry now and you may yet save
him. All of you. Go."
Not a Brute moved.
"They obey me," Yellin said. "And I am in charge of enforcement, and "
"And ," Buttercup said, I
"I,"
she repeated, standing up in the saddle, a creature of infinite beauty and
eyes that were starting to grow frightening, "I,"
she said for the third and last time, "am the
QUEEEEEEEEEEEEN."
There was no doubting her sincerity. Or power. Or capability for vengeance.
She stared imperiously across the Brute Squad.
"Save Humperdinck," one Brute said, and with that they all dashed into the
castle.
"Save Humperdinck," Yellin said, the last one left, but clearly his heart
wasn't in it.
"Actually, that was something of a fib," Buttercup said as they began to ride
for freedom, "seeing as Lotharon hasn't officially resigned, but I thought 'I
am the Queen'
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sounded better than 'I am the Princess.'"
"All I can say is, I'm impressed," Westley told her.
Buttercup shrugged. "I've been going to royalty school three years now;
something had to rub off." She looked at Westley. "You all right? I was
worried about you back on the bed there. Your eyes rolled up into your head
and everything."
"I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for
the strength to live the day. Clearly, the answer came in the affirmative."
"I didn't know there was such a Fellow," Buttercup said.
"Neither did I, in truth, but if He didn't exist, I didn't much want to
either."
The four great horses seemed almost to fly toward Florin Channel.
"It appears to me as if we're doomed, then," Buttercup said.
Westley looked at her. "Doomed, madam?"
"To be together. Until one of us dies."
"I've done that already, and I haven't the slightest intention of ever doing
it again,"
Westley said.
Buttercup looked at him. "Don't we sort of have to sometime?"
"Not if we promise to outlive each other, and I make that promise now."
Buttercup looked at him. "Oh my Westley, so do I."
'And they lived happily ever after,' my father said.
'Wow,' I said.
He looked at me. 'You're not pleased?'
'No, no, it's just, it came so quick, the ending, it surprised me. I thought
there 'd be a little more, is all. I mean, was the pirate ship waiting or was
that just a rumor like it said?'
'Complain to Mr. Morgenstern. "And they lived happily ever after" is how it
ends.'
The truth was, my father was fibbing. I spent my whole life thinking it ended
that way, up until I did this abridgement. Then I glanced at the last page.
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said, "Did you at least win your battle?" and Inigo said, "I did," and Westley
said, "Let us try to find some place to defend ourselves; at least perhaps we
can go together," and Buttercup said, "I'll help you up, poor darling," and
Fezzik said, "Oh, Inigo, I need you, please, Inigo; I'm lost and miserable and
frightened and I just need to see a friendly face."
They moved slowly to the window.
Wandering lost and forlorn through the Prince's garden was Fezzik, leading the
four giant whites.
"Here," Inigo whispered.
"
Three friendly faces," Fezzik said, kind of bouncing up and down on his heels,
which he always did when things were looking up. "Oh, Inigo, I just ruined
everything and I got so lost and when I stumbled into the stables and found
these pretty horses I thought four was how many of them there were and four
was how many of us there were too, if we found the lady hello, lady and I
thought, Why not take them along with me in case we all ever run into each
other." He stopped a moment, considering. "And I guess we did."
Inigo was terribly excited. "Fezzik, you thought for yourself," he said.
Fezzik considered that a moment too. "Does that mean you're not mad at me for
getting lost?"
"If we only had a ladder " Buttercup began.
"Oh, you don't need a ladder to get down here," Fezzik said; "it's only twenty
feet, I'll catch you, only do it one at a time, please; there's not enough
light, so if you all come at once
I might miss."
So while Humperdinck struggled, they jumped, one at a time, and Fezzik caught
them gently and put them on the whites, and he still had the key so they could
get out the front gate, and except for the fact that Yellin had regrouped the
Brute Squad, they would have gotten out without any trouble at all. As it was,
when Fezzik unlocked the gate, they saw nothing but armed Brutes in formation,
Yellin at their lead. And no one smiling.
Westley shook his head. "I am dry of notions."
"Child's play," of all people, Buttercup said, and she led the group toward
Yellin. "The
Count is dead; the Prince is in grave danger. Hurry now and you may yet save
him. All of you. Go."
Not a Brute moved.
"They obey me," Yellin said. "And I am in charge of enforcement, and "
"And ," Buttercup said, I
"I,"
she repeated, standing up in the saddle, a creature of infinite beauty and
eyes that were starting to grow frightening, "I,"
she said for the third and last time, "am the
QUEEEEEEEEEEEEN."
There was no doubting her sincerity. Or power. Or capability for vengeance.
She stared imperiously across the Brute Squad.
"Save Humperdinck," one Brute said, and with that they all dashed into the
castle.
"Save Humperdinck," Yellin said, the last one left, but clearly his heart
wasn't in it.
"Actually, that was something of a fib," Buttercup said as they began to ride
for freedom, "seeing as Lotharon hasn't officially resigned, but I thought 'I
am the Queen'
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sounded better than 'I am the Princess.'"
"All I can say is, I'm impressed," Westley told her.
Buttercup shrugged. "I've been going to royalty school three years now;
something had to rub off." She looked at Westley. "You all right? I was
worried about you back on the bed there. Your eyes rolled up into your head
and everything."
"I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for
the strength to live the day. Clearly, the answer came in the affirmative."
"I didn't know there was such a Fellow," Buttercup said.
"Neither did I, in truth, but if He didn't exist, I didn't much want to
either."
The four great horses seemed almost to fly toward Florin Channel.
"It appears to me as if we're doomed, then," Buttercup said.
Westley looked at her. "Doomed, madam?"
"To be together. Until one of us dies."
"I've done that already, and I haven't the slightest intention of ever doing
it again,"
Westley said.
Buttercup looked at him. "Don't we sort of have to sometime?"
"Not if we promise to outlive each other, and I make that promise now."
Buttercup looked at him. "Oh my Westley, so do I."
'And they lived happily ever after,' my father said.
'Wow,' I said.
He looked at me. 'You're not pleased?'
'No, no, it's just, it came so quick, the ending, it surprised me. I thought
there 'd be a little more, is all. I mean, was the pirate ship waiting or was
that just a rumor like it said?'
'Complain to Mr. Morgenstern. "And they lived happily ever after" is how it
ends.'
The truth was, my father was fibbing. I spent my whole life thinking it ended
that way, up until I did this abridgement. Then I glanced at the last page.
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