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Estelyn Telcontar · 05-13-2004, 12:31 PM

He wrote to his daughter Priscilla after Lewis' death:

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So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man of my age - like an old tree that is losing all its leaves one by one: this feels like an axe-blow near the roots.

That's a very touching picture that shows that the friendship still meant much to him.

edit: Darn, Sharon - you beat me to it by one minute!

Olorin_TLA · 05-13-2004, 02:28 PM

Ah, sorry Estelyn, but Child (long time no see) has it!

Yeah, that's always been a touching comment to me, especially considering how they'd drifted apart over the years.

Child of the 7th Age · 05-14-2004, 10:37 AM

Like other Hobbits, my specialty is 'slinking in' the back way!

Now, on to business....

Who said this?

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I think that Tom Bombadil would make quite a good story, but as The Hobbit has already been very successful I think the story of Old Took's great grand-uncle, Bullroarer, who rode a horse and charged the goblins of Mount Gram in the battle of the Green Fields and knocked King Golfimbil's (sic) head off with a wooden club would be even better. The story could be a continuation of The Hobbit , for Bilbo could tell it to Gandlf and Balin in his hobbit hole when they visited him.

Olorin_TLA · 05-14-2004, 10:57 AM

Tolkien's aunt?

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-14-2004, 11:02 AM

Sounds like Rayner Unwin to me...

Child of the 7th Age · 05-14-2004, 12:37 PM

Ooh, Esty! You are sooo close, but not quite right.

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-14-2004, 01:24 PM

Sir Stanley Unwin then?

05-13-2004, 02:28 PM	#2
Olorin_TLA Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gardens of Lórien, Valinor. Posts: 420	Ah, sorry Estelyn, but Child (long time no see) has it! Yeah, that's always been a touching comment to me, especially considering how they'd drifted apart over the years. __________________ "For I am Olórin! And Olórin means me!" ELENDIL! - Join "Forth Tolkiengas!"

05-14-2004, 10:57 AM	#4
Olorin_TLA Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gardens of Lórien, Valinor. Posts: 420	Tolkien's aunt? __________________ "For I am Olórin! And Olórin means me!" ELENDIL! - Join "Forth Tolkiengas!"

05-14-2004, 11:02 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Sounds like Rayner Unwin to me... __________________ '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...'

05-14-2004, 12:37 PM	#6
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Ooh, Esty! You are sooo close, but not quite right. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

05-14-2004, 01:24 PM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Sir Stanley Unwin then? __________________ '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...'