"Minor works" Quotes

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Yes, that's it, Guinevere! Thanks for saving me the trouble of searching! ;) Your turn.

[Guinevere]

Don't take the next quote personnally! :D

I am busy. Go away!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Having waited politely for three days to give others a chance, I will now answer this one: It's Niggle speaking to the Inspector of Houses.

[Guinevere]

Correct, of course! :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I hope this is not:A fool's question!

[Guinevere]

That's Tídwald replying to Totta:

"Where first" you say? A fool's question!
To Maldon and the monks, and then miles onward
to Ely and the abbey.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Right you are, and you've earned the right to pose the next one!

[Guinevere]

Thanks! :) Here is the next one, if it's too short, I can add a bit more.

"No risks for him."

[Estelyn Telcontar]

That's spoken by old Nokes to Alf Prentice of and in Smith of Wootton Major.

[Guinevere]

Yes, very good Esty! :) It's nearly impossible to stump you, it seems.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Not meaning anyone present here, of course...

What a nuisance!

[HerenIstarion]

I judge that having trousers torn would be a nuisance, so Artaxerxes, maybe?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Close, but not the right speaker - nor the right situation!

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Psamathos Psamathides? I reckon that if I'm wrong I've still narrowed it down to one wizard.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Actually, the speaker is not a wizard...

[Guinevere]

...but the wife of a wizard! :D

It's Mrs. Artaxerxes (the Merkings daughter) who exclaims "Dear me! What a nuisance!" when Roverandom complains that he can't swim.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Precisely! Guinevere takes the cake - or internet cookies, as they're easier to transport virtually...

[Guinevere]

Thank you for the cookie! http://www.travar.de/Templates/Webprojekt/images/hirsekeks.gif

But it made me rather thirsty, so

That's the time for drinking!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Willow-wren is speaking to Tom Bombadil in the Adventures of...: "Down by Mithe," I'll say, "just as sun is sinking."
Hurry up, hurry up! That's the time for drinking!'

Guess we'll have to wait a few hours till sundown...

[Guinevere]

It didn't take you long to solve that one! :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

A favorite sentence: I told you so.

[Guinevere]

it's about time to solve this one!

It is said by the gloomy blacksmith to the people of Ham (and the King and his knights) when Chrisophylax failed to return with the promised treasures on January the 14th.

(I thought it sounded like him, but only today did I look it up and found the quote!)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Well done, Guinevere! Pray proceed with a new one.

[Guinevere]

:) Well, that's cleared up.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

That (mystery i)s cleared up - Nokes said it to Prentice almost at the end of Smith of Wootton Major.

[Guinevere]

Exactly! You cleared that one up immediately. :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Let's try for another fast one: Come on now quick!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

So much for a quick solution - anyone still willing to give it a try?

[Guinevere]

I knew the answer, but wanted to give someone else a chance. But apparently, no one else is interested :confused:

It's Torhthelm shuddering and speaking to Tídwald:

"Come on now quick! Christ forgive me,
and these evil days, when unregretted
men lie mouldering, ..."

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I'm glad you're still interested, Guinevere! You're right, of course, and I look forward to a new quote from you.

[Guinevere]

This one is probably way too easy for you, but it's something that I often think of myself:

I wish I was more strong-minded.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Well, I'm not going to wait for anyone else to solve this one, since so few are interested. It's Niggle, speaking to himself (the only audience he had much of the time!).

[Guinevere]

Correct, of course! :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

The fate of this thread occasionally: I'd half forgotten.

[Guinevere]

How true!! :D

I had suspected all along that the quote was in "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth", but only this weekend did I get back my "Tree & Leaf" edition to confirm it.

It's Torhthelm speaking to Tídwald: "The Danes, you say!
Make haste! Let's go! I'd half forgotten."

[Estelyn Telcontar]

That's it! Now for a new one, please...

[Guinevere]

Now try again! ;)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

'Now try again!' said the farmer. "And try harder!"

I did my very best, and so did Farmer Giles of Ham, speaking to the dragon, who was doing his best to get out of an uncomfortable situation.

[Guinevere]

My goodness, that was fast work, Esty! :eek: Amazing!
And I had thought it was perhaps too short and I would have to add "and try harder" !

[Estelyn Telcontar]

It was close to the quote on the other minor works thread, and I happened to have the book opened to that, so found it on the very next page.

Here's another short one - if it's too difficult, I can add to it. That's natural.

[Guinevere]

Nokes explaining his loss of weight rationally (to anyone who would listen):

"And if you stop eating, you grow thinner. That's natural. Stands to reason. There ain't no magic in it."

[Estelyn Telcontar]

You got it! Good job. The floor (of the thread, at least) is yours now.

[Guinevere]

Thank you, Esty!

What if I upset you?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

That's the otter, speaking to Tom Bombadil, who's out boating:
Hoosh! Tom Bombadil! 'Tis long since last I met you.
Turned water-boatman, eh? What if I upset you?

[Guinevere]

Another immediate answer! You know these works by heart, it seems! :D

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I must confess, these threads have had an important part in increasing my knowledge of the minor works! Combing through them to find the quotes has me rereading them, at least partially, quite often.

Now try to find this one:

Let them get on with it!

[Guinevere]

Yes, the same thing happened to me with LotR, the Silm and U.T., when I partook in Quotable Quotes! When looking for the quotes I always got hooked and read whole chapters and more.

And I have found your quote :)

It's Farmer Giles' reaction to Garm's news that he had seen a dragon, but relatively far away:

"Oh, away there!" "They're queer folk in those parts, I've heard tell, and aught might happen in their land. Let them get on with it!"

[Estelyn Telcontar]

That's it! Your turn...

[Guinevere]

I found another proverb! :D
Live and learn!

[HerenIstarion]

When something is done to domestic animals by seaweed wizards (who should be blistered and warted by animal watch for this, no doubt, and maybe even potted and jammed too), or maybe by Persian plum-pickers, other wizards tend to learn a thing or two, student in the case being Psamathos Psamathides...

[Guinevere]

Exactly! :D

(Btw, "Live and learn!" is also in the LotR, said by Sam, quoting his father.)

[HerenIstarion]

New one, than:

'You won't get them here'

[Estelyn Telcontar]

HI, I'm looking for this one, but it takes time. Can you give just one hint - prose or poetry?

[HerenIstarion]

Poetry

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Ah, it's as I thought then - in the Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Man in the Moon came down too soon". The cook is responding to the Man in the Moon's wish for "fire and gold and songs of old and red wine flowing free".

[HerenIstarion]

Spot on :) The floor is yours.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Try this one: I am sorry for you

[Guinevere]

That's Tidwald to Torhthelm:

I have cares of my own
in my heart, Totta, and my head's weary.
I am sorry for you, and for myself also.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I am happy for you, Guinevere! You got it, of course.

[Guinevere]

Thanks, Esty! :)

Lead on!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Where could this be? It isn't a bad place, I'm told

[Guinevere]

Actually, Lead on! was a quotation ;) I just forgot the quotation marks... :(

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Ah, I'm obviously confused! Too much football isn't good for the brain, I guess... ;)

OK, I will search for your "Lead on!" quote.


edit: That sounds so military that I didn't have much trouble finding it. I paged through Beorhtnoth first, then Farmer Giles, and there it was: The knights said it to Farmer Giles upon discovering dragon-marks.

[HerenIstarion]

It isn't a bad place, I'm told

That'd be the Isle of Lost Dogs, as Mew described it to Rover.

Lead on

Augustus Bonifacius etc's knights to Aegidius Agenobarbus etc as they (the knights) saw Chrysophylax's (or some other dragon's) footprints.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Two in one, HI - what a bargain! I'd be so bold to say, since Guinevere isn't around to protest, and you guessed my quote, which came last, that you may continue with a new one. Should anyone have anything to say against it, speak now or forever hold your peace... ;)

[HerenIstarion]

Thanks :)

Here it comes, than:

'the town is near at hand'

[Estelyn Telcontar]

'You had best get a bed in an inn,' they said;
'the town is near at hand.' Spoken by the crew of a fisherman's boat that had caught the Man in the Moon. (Poem #6 in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil")

[HerenIstarion]

Verily :) Go on

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Here's a new quote: What a thing to do!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

One month later, and the thing has not yet been done - anyone want to try it?

[Guinevere]

This is said by the people of Wootton Major when they learned that the Master Cook had left for good , without warning or farewell.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

What an answer to give! You're right, of course, Guinevere, and entitled to go ahead with the next one.

[Guinevere]

:)

Don't splutter and argue!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

OK, I waited three days to give others a fair chance; now here's the answer: It was said by the wizard Psamathos to Roverandom - and who could blame the dog for sputtering when trying to pronounce the wizard's name?! :p

[Guinevere]

Correct, of course! :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

An appropriate admonition for a slow thread: Hurry up, hurry up!

[Guinevere]

Obviously, nobody heeded this advice... ;)

I suspected Garm to be the speaker, but was to lazy to check it in the book until today.
Actually, it's the Willow-Wren, telling Tom Bombadil what she'd say to Old Man Willow!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

How nice to see this thread alive after all! You found the right source of that quote, Guinevere, and may now proceed to baffle us with a new one.

[Guinevere]

It will be difficult to baffle you ! :)

Not bad going, that!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Sorry to have neglected this thread, but I haven't had the time to search for the above quote, and its location hasn't spontaneously occurred to me. Now I'll be away for several weeks; I do hope others will carry the torch and continue!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

*picks up torch and uses it to see while paging through her Roverandom book

This is said by the Man-in-the-Moon in praise of Mew the Seagull's speed in flying Roverandom to the moon: 'Not bad going, that!' he said. 'I've been timing you ever since you passed over the edge - a thousand miles a minute, I should reckon. You are in a hurry this morning!'

[Guinevere]

Well done Esty! :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Quite appropriate: I've found it...

[Guinevere]

About time someone found this!! ;)

Do I guess rightly that this is said by Torhthelm when he at last finds Beorhtnoth's body:
"I've found it, Tída!
here's his sword lying!"

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Yes, you found it, Guinevere! All's well that ends well; I'd forgotten about this thread for quite awhile. I see that getting a year older has made you smarter! ;)

[Guinevere]

;) I found it only by accident ...

Apparently nobody else looks at this thread. :(
Do you want to go on?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Of course I do! Oh, you mean the quote... ;)

It's in Leaf by Niggle, spoken by the man who looked like a shepherd to Niggle and Parish.

[Guinevere]

Correct, of course. :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Well, with so few participants, there's no conflict about the fastest to get the answers: I had it first!

[HerenIstarion]

Myabe I can add to the speed?... :)

Quarrel about names between mer-dog Rover and Rover[andom] :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Very good, HI, and wonderful to see you on the thread again!! I hope you and your family are well and haven't felt the storm too much...

[HerenIstarion]

Very good, HI, and wonderful to see you on the thread again!! I hope you and your family are well and haven't felt the storm too much...

Thank you, M'am. The Storm did not reach us, and hopefully will not :)

As for next question, here we go:

You have been listening

[Guinevere]

:) Nice to see you, HI !

The First Voice to Niggle (after suggesting gentle treatment)

[HerenIstarion]

:)

Indeed, it was a First Voice

[Guinevere]

"Well?" "How have you got on?"

[ADubiousSource]

Old Uin, the wale told this to Roverandom.

[Guinevere]

Welcome to the Barrow-Downs and to this game, DubiousSource !
(What a name! :D But in this case the source wasn't dubious at all!)

Your turn.

[ADubiousSource]

Sorry this took so long.

"It's my place to have ideas, and not yours."

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Welcome indeed, ADubiousSource! It's always nice to have new victims - um, I mean participants, of course! ;)

That sounds like it must be Nokes speaking to Alf Prentice in Smith of Wootton Major. Just let me check my book to be sure...

Yes, that's it. Lovely person, isn't he?! Wouldn't you like to have Nokes as your boss?! :rolleyes:

[ADubiousSource]

Thankyou Estelyn Telcontar. And very good, you are correct.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Greetings to all who read and post here: Hullo there, my lads! That includes the lassies too, of course! ;)

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Since lately were these boards disturb'd by murmurings of strife.

Hullo there, my lads! You're late comers,
if it's fighting you look for; but I can find you some
if you need it tonight. You'll get nothing cheaper.

Tídwald routs the looters of the slain in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Yes indeed, Squatter! The seemingly friendly greeting (when taken out of context) is actually a warning, and thus appropriate on various levels.

Next one's yours.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Here's a summation of the thread, the next question and a quotation, all in one line.

now swift declare!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Well, even wishes take a little time for thinking; as swift as I was able to find it, here is the answer to the quote: It's Aotrou to Itroun, asking her to name even the slightest wish she might have, so that he could fulfil it.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

That's the one, Esty. Your turn.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Here's a tricky one: ...a fresh appetite for marvels.

[Guinevere]

Andrew Lang wrote this about children, in the introduction to his Fairy Books.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Excellent, Guinevere! We haven't had a quote from On Fairy-Stories in awhile, and I wasn't sure if someone would find it easily.

[Guinevere]

:) Thank you Esty!
( I am very fond of "On Fairy-Stories". I have already convinced two friends to read it, and sent a copy to my brother!)

Well, here's a new quote for guessing:
Give him a miss today.

[The Might]

I believe that's the mer-dog speaking to Rover
Sorry for the absence, I plan to be more active here from now on. :Merisu:

[Guinevere]

"him" being Artaxerxes

[The Might]

Okay, here is a new quote:

We have lived and worked together now.

[The Might]

Maybe I should make it larger...
Here goes:
We have lived and worked together now. Things might have been differ*ent, but they could not have been better. All the same, I am afraid I shall have to be going on. We shall meet again, I expect: there must be many more things we can do together. :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Oh, I guess I forgot this thread - I would have recognized the short quote easily, since I've studied Leaf by Niggle closely in the past weeks. It's Niggle, speaking to Parish.

[The Might]

Indeed...
I actually was wondering how come you haven't posted here yet...
The thread is yours. :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Here's a new one:
Light is what we need.

[The Might]

Father Christmas Letters, 1932
Cave-Bear makes a suggestion...

[Estelyn Telcontar]

You have it, TM! It was a practical statement, but sounds very philosophical, doesn't it?! Your turn...

[The Might]

Well here you go:

A merry feast that year they made

[Guinevere]

This is about Aotrou and Itroun:

A merry feast that year they made,
when blossom white on bush was laid;
there minstrels sang and wine was poured,
as it were the marriage of a lord.

[The Might]

Indeed

[Guinevere]

:) So pleased to have met you!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Hmm, Roverandom says "Very pleased to have met you" to Artaxerxes, but that's not the exact quote. Am I in the wrong work and should be looking elsewhere?

[Guinevere]

No, no, you were looking in the right book! :D

[The Might]

The old man tries to make Roverandom stay.

[Guinevere]

I take it, by "old man" you mean the Man in the Moon?
If so, you're right, and it's your turn again.

[The Might]

Well then, here you go:
Beasts and birds and other creatures often talk like men

[The Might]

Nothing?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Sorry - I've pondered this quote, but am not sure where to start looking. It sounds like it could come from the essay "On Fairy Stories" - am I close?

[The Might]

Sorry for the late answer, I completely forgot, but yes, you are correct

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Try this one: Honour be blowed!

[Guinevere]

Hm, that sounds very much like Farmer Giles!

Yes, it's him alright! :D to the blacksmith and the miller, before setting out

"Honour be blowed! If I get back even the miller's company will be welcome. Still it is some comfort to think that I shall be missing you both for a bit."

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Right you are! I love the banter between those men - such a whimsical aspect of the story.

[Guinevere]

It's such fun to read! (But somehow not half as funny in the translation...)

Not now, I'm busy.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

The PAM, Artaxerxes, addressing the eponymous hero in Roverandom.

[Guinevere]

Of course! Nice to see you reviving this forgotten thread, Squatter.:)

(btw; after Oxonmoot I went to see a cousin living near Worcester and I was reminded of Artaxerxes when the train stopped at the station of Pershore :D )

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

My pleasure.

Hilary Tolkien used to have a farm with pear orchards near Pershore: it's a nice part of the world.

Let's see what you can make of this one.

Of course not!

[Guinevere]

Chrysophylax indignantly confirming Farmer Giles' guess that the first load of treasure he brings out of his cave isn't "half what you've got"

Btw, this caused me to reread the whole story in my new book with Pauline Baynes' wonderful illustrations (a gift from Esty!)



Hilary Tolkien used to have a farm with pear orchards near Pershore: it's a nice part of the world. Yes, I enjoyed the countryside a lot , it looked very Shire-like to me!

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Sorry for the two-year wait, folks. Guinevere is right, of course.