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Quote #10
Words followed her. Whispered from far, weak and warm and familiar. "As… you… wish." (5.981)
Buttercup knows that the man in black is Westley as soon as she hears the phrase "As you wish." This is the exact phrase Westley has said to her through all of his years as a farmhand for Buttercup's parents. His repetition of the phrase helps symbolize how unwavering his devotion to Buttercup is, and it looks like it has the intended effect, because Buttercup jumps down a ravine to reach him as soon as she hears him say it.