RD-WH-08
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§169 Silence fell. But when Hardang ... as was {Dorlas}[Darlas] his father before him. RD-WH-08 WH, Note 46 [(]And dark tales were whispered concerning {Dorlas}[Darlas] for though naught was known for certain, he was found slain far from the battle with Glaurung, and the reddened sword that lay by him had been the sword of Brandir. [)]
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This is not what I understood the note to mean; Christopher says that the sentence was "bracketed", "presumably implying doubt about its inclusion". I do not think that Tolkien's intention was to put it in parentheses, but rather to note that it might be deleted. But since he didn't actually strike it out, I would retain it.
RD-WH-09-13
If we replace every instance of Stone or Standing Stone with Talbor, then we never tell the reader what the Talbor is. Or will we perhaps name it that when it is erected at the end of the
Narn?