Chapter Five, The Announcement: Pages 165-192 Summary

Humperdinck reaches the Cliffs of Insanity and surveys the climbing marks in the side of the cliff. He calls orders for the Armada to divide and sail around to meet on the other side at the Fire Swamp. The Prince's own ship searches for a place to land so he can survey the top of the cliff. They continue on to the site where Fezzik and the Man in Black fought, Humperdinck observes the footprints, finding a set belonging to Buttercup. They hurry after her trail. When he reaches the point where the two fell down the mountain, he tells the Count that it is odd such a master would choose to flee in a ravine leading into the Fire Swamp. The Prince smiles with glee at the impending capture of his prey...