trod on you toes at any point. I assure you I didn't mean to. When
I said that my opinion was "old", I mostly meant that it antedated my reading
of The Treason of Isengard (which was just a few months ago). I take that
passage so seriously because Tolkien was writing an outline to do exactly what
I thought he had done anyway. That was all.
But, as you say, I think we may just need to agree to
disagree on this one. Since, however, I detected a somewhat put-out note
in your post, I wanted to apologise if I'd rubbed you the wrong way in one my
responses.
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
