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Old 12-24-2003, 07:12 AM   #2
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I always thought that passage referred to evil beings, like maybe trolls or orcs or the like; minions of Sauron who roamed the country side again. IIRC there's mention of trouble 'round the borders of the Shire in the first chapter of the LotR.
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