That was Smith of Wootton Major, and though his eyes began to water because of the spices, the tears flowed because of the pain of giving up the Faery star.
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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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