Rc – Tolkien – LotR – None ride here save by his leave
When they were some fifty paces off,
Éomer cried in a loud voice:
‘Halt! Halt! Who rides in Rohan?’ […]
Rc – Tolkien – LotR – Théoden receives the service of Merry – Oath
Soon they… went to the midday meal in the hall of the Burg.
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The king was already there, and as soon as they entered he called for Merry and had a seat set for him at his side. ‘It is not as I would have it,’ said Théoden; ‘for this […]
Rc – Tolkien – LotR – Law of Rohan
‘It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that was broken in the long […]
Rc – Tolkien – LotR – … somewhat lessened of late
‘The courtesy of your hall is
somewhat lessened of late,
Théoden son of Thengel,’
said Gandalf.
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