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The Princess Bride - Week 11
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Minute 71
Two men plus one dead
Travel to thatch-roofed cottage
Incessant knocking
The men seek the one
Employed long ago by King
Named “Miracle” Max
Aging, wild-haired man
Resentment, disgrace, failure
Feels he’s of no use
Minute 72
Max cautions against
Rushing miracles, rotten
Then asks for money
Max won’t work for cheap
Save for really noble cause
Inigo tells tale
Inigo comes clean
Seeks revenge and needs dead man
Max grabs the bellows
Minute 73
Max refutes dead claim
For Westley’s just mostly dead
Distinct difference
What’s worth living for?
As max compresses his chest
Westley breathes, “True love…”
Better than true love?
Mutton, lettuce, tomato
Such a fine sandwich
Minute 74
Max interprets words
Not of true love, but bluffing
Drawing ire of wife
Marital issues
Arising from single name
The Prince Humperdinck
Inigo gets through
Heal the man, stop the wedding
Humiliate prince
Minute 75
Max accepts payment
Makes chocolate-coated pill
Wishes the men well
A sneaking trio
Skulking atop castle walls
Increased guards at gate
Minute 76
Inigo gives pill
Westley regains consciousness
Begins spewing threats
Too many questions
No time for explanation
Just quick summary
Quick-healing Westley
Thumb twitches while hearing plan
Must get through the lone gate
Minute 77
The trio’s assets?
Westley’s brain and Fezzik’s strength
Plus Inigo’s steel
There’s not enough time
A wheelbarrow’s what they need
Holocaust cloak, too
Fezzik reveals cloak
Given by Miracle Max
Now the plan begins
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