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Westley:  Well, one thing I will say; the fire swamp certainly does keep you on
	your toes.  This will all soon be but a happy memory. [Westley cuts
	through a mass of vines]  Robert's ship Revenge is banked at the far
	end.  And as you know I am Roberts.
Buttercup:  But how's that possible, since he's been marauding 20 years and you
	only left me 5 years ago?
Westley:  I myself am often surprised at life's little quirks.  See, what I told
	you before about saying please was true...it intrigued Roberts, as did
	my descriptions of your beauty.  Finally, Roberts decided something.  He
	said, 'Alright Westley, never had a valet, you can try if you'd like.
	I'll most likely to kill you in the morning.'  For three years said that.
	'Good night Westley, good work, sleep well, I'll most likely to kill you
	in the morning.'  It was a fine time for me - I was learning to fence,
	fight, anything anyone would teach me.	Roberts and I eventually became
	friends. And then it happened.
Buttercup:  What?  Go on.
Westley:  Well Roberts had grown so rich, he wanted to retire.	He took me to
	his cabin and told me his secret.  'I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts,'
	he said 'my name is Ryar.  I inherited this ship from the previous Dread
	Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me.
Westley: [continuing]  The man I inherited it from was not the real Dread Pirate
	Roberts either - his name was Cumberbun.  The real Roberts had been
	retired 15 years and was living like a king in Patagonia.'  Thank you.
	Then he explained the name was the important for inspiring the necessary
	fear. You see, no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley.  So
	we sailed ashore, took on an entirely new crew and he stayed aboard for
	awhile as first mate, all the time calling me Roberts.	Once the crew
	believed, he left the ship and I have been Roberts ever since.	Except
	now that were together, I shall retire and hand the name over to someone
	else. Is everything clear to you?


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