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651
I could never cause you grief. 652
Consider our wedding off. 653
You returned this Westley to his ship? 654
- Yes.
- Then we will simply alert him. 655
Beloved, are you certain
he still wants you? 656
After all, it was you
who did the leaving in the fire swamp. 657
Not to mention that pirates
are not known to be men of their words. 658
My Westley will always come for me. 659
I suggest a deal. 660
You write four copies of a letter. 661
I'll send my four fastest ships.
One in each direction. 662
The dread pirate Roberts is always close
to Florin this time of year. 663
We'll run up the white flag
and deliver your message. 664
If Westley wants you,
bless you both. 665
If not... please consider me 666
as an alternative to suicide. 667
Are we agreed? 668
Your princess is really a winning creature. 669
A trifle simple, perhaps,
but her appeal is undeniable. 670
Oh, I know.
The people are quite taken with her. 671
It's odd, but when I hired Vizzini
to have her murdered on our engagement day, 672
I thought that was clever. 673
But it's going to be so much more moving
when I strangle her on our wedding night. 674
Once Guilder is blamed,
the nation will be truly outraged. 675
They'll demand we go to war. 676
Now, where is that secret knot?
It's impossible to find. 677
Are you coming down into the pit? 678
Westley's got his strength back.
I am starting him on the machine tonight. 679
Tyrone, you know how much
I love watching you work, 680
but I've got my country's
500th anniversary to plan, 681
my wedding to arrange,
my wife to murder, 682
and Guilder to frame for it.
I'm swamped. 683
Get some rest, if you haven't got your health,
you haven't got anything. 684
Beautiful, isn't it?
It took me half a lifetime to invent it. 685
I'm sure you've discovered
my deep and abiding interest in pain. 686
At present I'm writing
the definitive work on the subject. 687
So I want you to be totally honest with me
on how the machine makes you feel. 688
This being our first try,
I'll use the lowest setting. 689
As you know, the concept
of the suction pump is centuries old. 690
Well, really, that's all this is. 691
Except that instead of sucking water,
I'm sucking life. 692
I've just sucked one year of your life away. 693
I might one day go as high as five,
but I really don't know what that would do to you. 694
So, let's just start with what we have.
What did this do to you? 695
Tell me. And remember,
this is for posterity, 696
so be honest,
how do you feel? 697
Interesting. 698
- Yellin.
- Sire. 699
As Chief Enforcer of all Florin,
I trust you with this secret: 700
killers from Guilder are infiltrating
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