Thank you
Esty for taking a few hours to get the answer this time!
That meeting is my single favourite anecdote about Professor Tolkien. I would give a lot to be able to go back and watch that moment unfold. The sight alone of Ava Gardner (*drool*) standing next to JRRT would be worth it! I wonder what on earth (or in Middle-Earth) they talked about??
At any event -- the floor, she is yours Estelyn.