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:

:) Nice to see you, HI !

The First Voice to Niggle (after suggesting gentle treatment)

:)

Indeed, it was a First Voice

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

Old Uin, the wale told this to Roverandom.

Correct!
 

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.

Sorry this took so long.

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

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:

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

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

How singularly apposite
 

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

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

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.

Be swift, ye loremasters
 

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

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.

That's the one, Esty. Your turn.

Here's a tricky one:

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

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.

:) 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:

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:

correct!
 

"him" being Artaxerxes

Okay, here is a new quote:

Maybe I should make it larger...
Here goes:
:)

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.

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

Here's a new one:

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

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

Well here you go:

This is about Aotrou and Itroun:

Indeed

:)

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?

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

The old man tries to make Roverandom stay.

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

Well then, here you go:

Nothing?

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?