I suppose it's because the tale was well-known in literary land and because everyone there knew it, they got the joke. Selling, selling, selling......
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'Too often have I heard of duty. But am I not of the House of Eorl, a shieldmaiden and not a dry-nurse? I have waited on faltering feet long enough. Since they falter no longer, it seems, may I not now spend my life as I will?' - Éowyn
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