Kenelm saw the hobbit's head peeping over the wall, staring wide-eyed as if she had seen a ... ghost. He stopped playing the harp; to the halfling it appeared the instrument stopped plucking its own strings. He stood up when he could see a glimmer of light coming from the wooden staff being held over the wall, then stood; to the hobbit it appeared the harp shifted upward in the air. The Ghost cautiously stepped towards the wall; to the hobbit it appeared the harp was floating forward, to her.
Looking up, he gazed upon the sign, first the silver Tree of the Moon, then next the golden Tree of the Sun. Though knowing that he could just walk through the wall and see the stranger up close, he stay put behind the wall, and sung in the language of elves, playing the harp to accompany it:
Pella i ailin,
orta Eldarinwa elen
I minya ana orta,
I minya ana lanta.
Pella alcar ëar,
nén mi litsë,
I mornië nornoro,
Ar lëo nornoro.
Imbë atta aldar,
I Anar ar i Isil,
Eldarinwa elen
orta.
He stopped, then seemed to wait for a reply from the wall-person.
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- Ringwraith #5,
Servant of the Eye
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