My dearest Westley,
I am ever so sorry for how I treated you in the fire swamp. Please say that you still love me and will take me back after all of this. Westley, I love you, and I shall never love anyone, much less Prince Humperdinck, the same way.
But Humperdinck and I are still to be wed. And Westley, I don't know if I can bear it. He kills without a thought. He plots terrible things. He is evil, and I don't ever want to become his wife.
However, he says that if I write to you and you write back telling me that you will still have me, then our wedding is off and we will have his blessing.
So my darling, sweet, lovely Westley, please write back.
Love,
Princess Buttercup
My most loving Westley,
You must not have gotten my last letter, for why else wouldn't you have responded? My wedding day is only a couple of weeks away. I'm scared, Westley. If you don't write back, then I will be forced into becoming a queen.
I don't think the people of the kingdom will like me as their queen. After all, I'm not too knowledgeable about all this royal stuff. I would only make blunder after blunder. And besides, the queen right now is very much loved. I would hate to take her place.
Fantastic Westley, I know that as soon as you get this letter you will come and take me away from my captor. Right?
Love,
Princess Buttercup
Lovely Westley,
I wonder if there is another Dread Pirate Roberts who these letters keep going to. I mean, you would have responded if these letters had gotten to you, right? You still love me, obviously. We're in love. True love. So if you still love me, please, please, please write back.
I'm so sorry for what happened in the Fire Swamp, if that's what's keeping you from writing. I'm glad I'm alive, but Westley, it isn't much of a life without you.
I'm still waiting for you to come and get me.
Love,
Princess Buttercup
Westley,
Where are you?
Love,
Princess Buttercup
Sweet Westley,
I'm not as desperate as my last letter made me sound. I just wonder if maybe you could come and take me away from my terrible fiancé, if you aren't too busy. I'm sure being a Dread Pirates Roberts is a lot of work and you've been on your feet quite a lot. But whenever you're ready, (preferably before my wedding) I will be in the palace awaiting your rescue.
Things in the castle have been all right. I've been learning even more about how to be a proper queen, in case you're a bit late in coming to get me. But I'm positive that won't happen. You're just going to finish scaring a few villages far away and then you'll come and pick me up. I'm sure that's what's going to happen.
Love,
Princess Buttercup
My Westley,
It's my wedding night, and this will be the last you ever hear from me. For you see, after I marry Humpredinck, I shall kill myself. I cannot live as his wife, so I shan't live at all. I'm sure you won't come and get me. Otherwise I would be in your arms already.
I just want you to know that I love you. Even when I thought you dead, I still loved you. I've loved you ever since I laid eyes on you, and the moment when I found out you loved me too was one of the best in my whole life. I'll never know that love again, as I will never know you again.
That is, unless you love me too. Then please, please, please come and get me.
Love,
Princess Buttercup
Buttercup,
As you wish.
Love,
Westley
