That is Gandalf speaking after he has recounted the contents of Isildur's scroll. Gandalf had found the method of testing if Frodo's ring was the One Ring - the quest he had set out upon.
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'When I read these words, my quest was ended. For the traced writing was indeed as Isildur guessed, in the tongue of Mordor and the servants of the Tower. And what was said therein was already known.
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