Ah! Now I can guess at enough words to know where to look. The quote is:
Quote:
Look at the time he wasted, not even amusing himself! He never got ready for his journey.
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The speaker is the First Voice, speaking of Niggle in "Leaf".
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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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