And there are a few other things in BotR - such as Arrowroot falling in love
with Eorache - that echo the early drafts, and one wonders: did these guys have
ESP? Did they visit Marquette, and were somehow allowed access to the
files?
But I've read that the whole book was written in only a couple of days.
It must have been just incredible insight - or sheer
luck.
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Letter #63, April 1944: "At this point I require to know how much later the moon gets up each night when nearing full, and how to stew a rabbit!"Come test your culinary skills in the Reading Room this week as we make a meal "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit", and continue with our study of Tolkien's Letters!