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HerenIstarion · 03-26-2004, 07:17 AM

Well, additional help, as it may be:

Prosaist in question was apt not to force his way through the wall, though he had appropriate means to, but to negotiate the share of what was behind the wall. The person he was addressing was behind said wall too.

**The Saucepan Man** · 03-26-2004, 11:23 AM

Ah, so Bard is the Prosaist then. I haven't the book to hand, but it goes something like:

Quote:

"Thieves we are not," said Bard. "We will give you your own in return for our own"

Edit: Ah, now I have my book. The quote is:

Quote:

We are not thieves," Bard answered. "Your own we will give back in return for our own."

HerenIstarion · 03-27-2004, 01:07 AM

that's the chap. go ahead

**The Saucepan Man** · 03-28-2004, 05:11 PM

Thanks HI.

This may take some searching:

Quote:

"Nay, nay, 'tis possible you may not ask me, slave," she whispered. "You haven't missed our solitary silence outside the Tower of Cirith Ungol. A wilderness of giants: it wasn't there that Saruman went, but has no wish to leave. They wanted to do more then than find a camel."

HerenIstarion · 04-03-2004, 02:23 AM

it certainly has. I personally feel like a hint

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-03-2004, 04:50 AM

I second that motion - it sounds like it should be a Gollum quote, beginning with "yes, yes" and including "master", but I have searched and not been able to find it.

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-03-2004, 08:40 PM

The quote is not from LotR, though it was said during the period covered by that book ...

03-26-2004, 07:17 AM	#1
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Well, additional help, as it may be: Prosaist in question was apt not to force his way through the wall, though he had appropriate means to, but to negotiate the share of what was behind the wall. The person he was addressing was behind said wall too. __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-27-2004, 01:07 AM	#3
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	that's the chap. go ahead __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-03-2004, 02:23 AM	#5
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	it certainly has. I personally feel like a hint __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-03-2004, 04:50 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I second that motion - it sounds like it should be a Gollum quote, beginning with "yes, yes" and including "master", but I have searched and not been able to find it. __________________ '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...'

04-03-2004, 08:40 PM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Hmm, seems like a hint may well be in order. The quote is not from LotR, though it was said during the period covered by that book ... __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!