The Princess Bride - Week 10
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Minute 64
Vizzini is dead
Inigo needs man to plan
Onslaught of castle
Unknown whereabouts
Of man in black, a trifle
Determined Spaniard
Sharpening knife rings
Yellin reports, pleased with self
Prince wants guards doubled
Minute 65
Prince feigning concern
Surprised to see Buttercup
Races to hold hands
Crack in plan revealed
Prince forgot four fastest ships
Yellin leaves tension
Buttercup convinced
Westley will come, but the prince
Is just a coward
Minute 66
Humperdinck threatened
By Buttercup’s true love speech
Locks her in bedroom
Prince scared by true love
Rushes to Pits of Despair
Confronts nemesis
Minute 67
Psychotic rantings
Broken-hearted Humperdinck
Terrified Westley
Hate-filled heart of prince
Turns machine up to fifty
Agonizing screams
Screaming resonates
Through forest, field, and village
And finds Inigo
Inigo knows sound
Is that of true suffering
Fezzik clears the way
Minute 68
Man with wheelbarrow
Accosted by Inigo
Has memory jogged
Desperate Spaniard
Seeks guidance from his father
In form of a sword
Minute 69
Led around by sword
Disappointed to find tree
Reveals secret door
The men enter through
Find an unconscious Westley
Diagnosis: dead
Minute 70
An enraged grandson
Demands to know who kills prince
Westley can’t be dead
Grandpa is patient
Endures emotional bursts
Continues reading
Unmoving Westley
Inigo won’t surrender
Asks Fezzik for change
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