<- White Hand attempting to give thumbs up
Nah, but you are right! It's Ceorl, our Pawn who's telling the story, and just for the sake of clarity, the Knight who has been "taken en passant" is Théodred (he is referred to both in the first and the second part, where Ceorl recounts once again what has happened; the Knight in the end can be anything, from Éomer to a symbolic expression of the Rohirrim host riding to Helm's Deep). Of course the White against the White refers to Gandalf and Saruman, in the first part, you can even interpretate it just in the matter of colors yet, i.e. the divided court of Rohan. But anyway, the main point was to figure out the situation and determine that it's Ceorl who is talking here. So, your turn, Rumil!
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
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