I Know Something You Do Not Know.

The First Morning After Westley's Departure, Buttercup Thought She Was Entitled To Do Nothing More Than Sit Around Moping And Feeling Sorry For Herself. After All, The Love Of Her Life Had Fled, Life Had No Meaning, How Could You Face The Future, Et Cetera, Et Cetera.

The Countess Was Considerably Younger Than Her Husband. All Of Her Clothes Came From Paris (this Was After Paris) And She Had Superb Taste. (this Was After Taste Too, But Only Just. And Since It Was Such A New Thing, And Since The Countess Was The Only Lady In All Florin To Posses It, Is It Any Wonder She Was The Leading Hostess In The Land?)

Everyone Had Told Her, Since She Became A Princess-in-training, That She Was Very Likely The Most Beautiful Woman In The World. Now She Was Going To Be The Richest And The Most Powerful As Well. Don't Expect Too Much From Life, Buttercup Told Herself As She Rode Along. Learn To Be Satisfied With What You Have.

I Am As Devoted To Adventure Now As Then, And That’s Never Going To Stop.

Nobody Knows Anything.