I suppose I'll let merlilot have it [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
It was sort of tricky. Just before it:
Quote:
The old man laid the sword along his lap, and Pippin put his hand to the hilt, and said slowly after Denethor:
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So, what we're reading in the text is Pippin talking, though they both said it. Had it been worded "Pippin repeated after Denethor when he said:", it would be the other way around.
A very minor technicality. Go ahead!