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I still think however that Grima overheard Saruman insulting the Rohirrim and Rohan in general, and that helped goad him into the frenzy that it required to throw the palantir out of the window. Deep down inside, I still think that Grima loved Rohan,
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I think it's much more likely that he was driven to fury by finding that he'd finally backed the wrong side and that he then heard Saruman refuse the offer to go free. I think he had trouble deciding who to hate more: the people that finally destroyed all his pathetic little-Hitler dreams or the arrogant b*****d that was refusing the chance to get out and put his horrible humiliation behind him somewhere far away.