Squatter, I agree wholeheartedly! Those very endearing aspects of Gimli's character make him a book character that I like much more than Legolas. He has the soul of a poet in the body of a clumsy oaf, and the soul wins in every respect in the book. Galadriel accepts his proferred chivalry with a favor that not even Féanor, arguably one of the greatest Elves, received from her!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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