what might have happened next, will we? I sometimes wish the Rohirrim had
come just 10 minutes later, but then, that might have been too late for
Faramir! As literary crises go, this one's a real prize winner.
Takes one's breath away no matter how many times you read it!
I like the UUT that Shadowfax might be a maia. My experience of horses is
that even pretty smart ones are spooked easily, and I can easily imagine that
if the Nazgul turn fighting men to jelly, a normal horse would go crazy.
Note that the Witch King is mounted on a horse now. Frodo saw him leaving
Minas Morgul on a horse, too, but just a little while ago he was on his Fell
Beast, and will be again soon. Is there a sheltered spot somewhere in the
Pellenor where he's tethered his alternative mounts?
The image of Rath Dinen is particularly effective since we've just come from
there.
And without my book here at work, I totally flunk your quiz about crowing cocks
and
daybreaks!
