It was close to the quote on the other minor works thread, and I happened to have the book opened to that, so found it on the very next page.
Here's another short one - if it's too difficult, I can add to it.
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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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