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<blockquote data-quote="Doug McCrae" data-source="post: 7989589" data-attributes="member: 21169"><p>The Fellowship of the Ring</p><p></p><p>Chapter 2 The Shadow of the Past</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I [Gandalf] have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many – yours not least.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 11 A Knife in the Dark</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">As Frodo lay, tired but unable to close his eyes, it seemed to him that far away there came a light in the eastern sky: it flashed and faded many times. It was not the dawn, for that was still some hours off.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">‘What is the light?’ he said to Strider, who had risen, and was standing, gazing ahead into the night.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">‘I do not know,’ Strider answered. ‘It is too distant to make out. It is like lightning that leaps up from the hill-tops.’</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Frodo lay down again, but for a long while he could still see the white flashes</p><p></p><p>They are witnessing Gandalf battle the Nazgûl at Weathertop.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 1 Many Meetings</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I [Gandalf] added a few touches of my own: you may not have noticed, but some of the waves took the form of great white horses with shining white riders; and there were many rolling and grinding boulders.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 2 The Council of Elrond</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I [Gandalf] was hard put to it indeed: such light and flame cannot have been seen on Weathertop since the war-beacons of old.</p><p></p><p>Gandalf is describing the events witnessed by Frodo and Strider in Chapter 11.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 3 The Ring Goes South</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Picking up a faggot he [Gandalf] held it aloft for a moment, and then with a word of command, <em>naur an edraith ammen</em>! he thrust the end of his staff into the midst of it. At once a great spout of green and blue flame sprang out, and the wood flared and sputtered.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 4 A Journey in the Dark</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">In the wavering firelight Gandalf seemed suddenly to grow: he rose up, a great menacing shape like the monument of some ancient king of stone set upon a hill. Stooping like a cloud, he lifted a burning branch and strode to meet the wolves. They gave back before him. High in the air he tossed the blazing brand. It flared with a sudden white radiance like lightning; and his voice rolled like thunder.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">‘<em>Naur an edraith ammen! Naur dan i ngaurhoth!</em>’ he cried.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">There was a roar and a crackle, and the tree above him burst into a leaf and bloom of blinding flame. The fire leapt from tree-top to tree-top. The whole hill was crowned with dazzling light.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I [Gandalf] once knew every spell in all the tongues of Elves or Men or Orcs, that was ever used for such a purpose [opening portals]. I can still remember ten score of them without searching in my mind.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">He [Gandalf] held his staff aloft, and from its tip there came a faint radiance.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 5 The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I could think of nothing to do but to try and put a shutting-spell on the door. I know many...</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The counter-spell was terrible. It nearly broke me. For an instant the door left my control and began to open! I had to speak a word of Command. That proved too great a strain. The door burst in pieces.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him. The staff broke asunder and fell from his hand. A blinding sheet of white flame sprang up. The bridge cracked. Right at the Balrog’s feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>The Two Towers</p><p></p><p>Chapter 5 The White Rider</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">‘Did I not say that I wished to speak to you?’ said the old man. ‘Put away that bow, Master Elf!’</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The bow and arrow fell from Legolas’ hands, and his arms hung loose at his sides.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">‘And you, Master Dwarf, pray take your hand from your axe-haft, till I am up! You will not need such arguments.’</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Gimli started and then stood still as stone</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">He [Gandalf] lifted up his staff, and Gimli’s axe leaped from his grasp and fell ringing on the ground. The sword of Aragorn, stiff in his motionless hand, blazed with a sudden fire. Legolas gave a great shout and shot an arrow high into the air: it vanished in a flash of flame.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Very nearly it [The One Ring] was revealed to the Enemy, but it escaped. I [Gandalf] had some part in that: for I sat in a high place, and I strove with the Dark Tower; and the Shadow passed.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Those that looked up from afar thought that the mountain was crowned with storm. Thunder they heard, and lightning, they said, smote upon Celebdil, and leaped back broken into tongues of fire. Is not that enough? A great smoke rose about us, vapour and steam. Ice fell like rain. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.</p><p></p><p>Gandalf is giving an account of his battle against the Balrog.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 6 The King of the Golden Hall</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">He raised his staff. There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The fire faded to sullen embers. Only Gandalf could be seen, standing white and tall before the blackened hearth… There was a flash as if lightning had cloven the roof. Then all was silent. Wormtongue sprawled on his face.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 10 The Voice of Saruman</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">‘Come back, Saruman!’ said Gandalf in a commanding voice. To the amazement of the others, Saruman turned again, and as if dragged against his will, he came slowly back to the iron rail, leaning on it, breathing hard.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice. ‘Saruman, your staff is broken.’ There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman’s hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf’s feet.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Return of the King</p><p></p><p>Chapter 4 The Siege of Gondor</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">It seemed to Pippin that he [Gandalf] raised his hand, and from it a shaft of white light stabbed upwards. The Nazgûl gave a long wailing cry and swerved away</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Shadowfax bore him [Gandalf], shining, unveiled once more, a light starting from his upraised hand.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The Nazgûl screeched and swept away, for their Captain was not yet come to challenge the white fire of his foe.</p><p></p><p>Chapter 7 The Pyre of Denethor</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">He [Gandalf] beheld with the sight that was given to him all that had befallen</p><p></p><p>Chapter 4 The Field of Cormallen</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">As if to his eyes some sudden vision had been given, Gandalf stirred; and he turned, looking back north where the skies were pale and clear. Then he lifted up his hands and cried in a loud voice ringing above the din: <em>The Eagles are coming</em>!</p><p></p><p>Chapter 6 Many Partings</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">For they [Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Celeborn] did not move or speak with mouth, looking from mind to mind; and only their shining eyes stirred and kindled as their thoughts went to and fro</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug McCrae, post: 7989589, member: 21169"] The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter 2 The Shadow of the Past [INDENT]I [Gandalf] have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many – yours not least.[/INDENT] Chapter 11 A Knife in the Dark [INDENT]As Frodo lay, tired but unable to close his eyes, it seemed to him that far away there came a light in the eastern sky: it flashed and faded many times. It was not the dawn, for that was still some hours off.[/INDENT] [INDENT]‘What is the light?’ he said to Strider, who had risen, and was standing, gazing ahead into the night.[/INDENT] [INDENT]‘I do not know,’ Strider answered. ‘It is too distant to make out. It is like lightning that leaps up from the hill-tops.’[/INDENT] [INDENT]Frodo lay down again, but for a long while he could still see the white flashes[/INDENT] They are witnessing Gandalf battle the Nazgûl at Weathertop. Chapter 1 Many Meetings [INDENT]I [Gandalf] added a few touches of my own: you may not have noticed, but some of the waves took the form of great white horses with shining white riders; and there were many rolling and grinding boulders.[/INDENT] Chapter 2 The Council of Elrond [INDENT]I [Gandalf] was hard put to it indeed: such light and flame cannot have been seen on Weathertop since the war-beacons of old.[/INDENT] Gandalf is describing the events witnessed by Frodo and Strider in Chapter 11. Chapter 3 The Ring Goes South [INDENT]Picking up a faggot he [Gandalf] held it aloft for a moment, and then with a word of command, [I]naur an edraith ammen[/I]! he thrust the end of his staff into the midst of it. At once a great spout of green and blue flame sprang out, and the wood flared and sputtered.[/INDENT] Chapter 4 A Journey in the Dark [INDENT]In the wavering firelight Gandalf seemed suddenly to grow: he rose up, a great menacing shape like the monument of some ancient king of stone set upon a hill. Stooping like a cloud, he lifted a burning branch and strode to meet the wolves. They gave back before him. High in the air he tossed the blazing brand. It flared with a sudden white radiance like lightning; and his voice rolled like thunder.[/INDENT] [INDENT]‘[I]Naur an edraith ammen! Naur dan i ngaurhoth![/I]’ he cried.[/INDENT] [INDENT]There was a roar and a crackle, and the tree above him burst into a leaf and bloom of blinding flame. The fire leapt from tree-top to tree-top. The whole hill was crowned with dazzling light.[/INDENT] [INDENT]I [Gandalf] once knew every spell in all the tongues of Elves or Men or Orcs, that was ever used for such a purpose [opening portals]. I can still remember ten score of them without searching in my mind.[/INDENT] [INDENT]He [Gandalf] held his staff aloft, and from its tip there came a faint radiance.[/INDENT] Chapter 5 The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm [INDENT]I could think of nothing to do but to try and put a shutting-spell on the door. I know many...[/INDENT] [INDENT]The counter-spell was terrible. It nearly broke me. For an instant the door left my control and began to open! I had to speak a word of Command. That proved too great a strain. The door burst in pieces.[/INDENT] [INDENT]Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him. The staff broke asunder and fell from his hand. A blinding sheet of white flame sprang up. The bridge cracked. Right at the Balrog’s feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] The Two Towers Chapter 5 The White Rider [INDENT]‘Did I not say that I wished to speak to you?’ said the old man. ‘Put away that bow, Master Elf!’[/INDENT] [INDENT]The bow and arrow fell from Legolas’ hands, and his arms hung loose at his sides.[/INDENT] [INDENT]‘And you, Master Dwarf, pray take your hand from your axe-haft, till I am up! You will not need such arguments.’[/INDENT] [INDENT]Gimli started and then stood still as stone[/INDENT] [INDENT]He [Gandalf] lifted up his staff, and Gimli’s axe leaped from his grasp and fell ringing on the ground. The sword of Aragorn, stiff in his motionless hand, blazed with a sudden fire. Legolas gave a great shout and shot an arrow high into the air: it vanished in a flash of flame.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Very nearly it [The One Ring] was revealed to the Enemy, but it escaped. I [Gandalf] had some part in that: for I sat in a high place, and I strove with the Dark Tower; and the Shadow passed.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [indent]Those that looked up from afar thought that the mountain was crowned with storm. Thunder they heard, and lightning, they said, smote upon Celebdil, and leaped back broken into tongues of fire. Is not that enough? A great smoke rose about us, vapour and steam. Ice fell like rain. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.[/indent] Gandalf is giving an account of his battle against the Balrog. Chapter 6 The King of the Golden Hall [INDENT]He raised his staff. There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The fire faded to sullen embers. Only Gandalf could be seen, standing white and tall before the blackened hearth… There was a flash as if lightning had cloven the roof. Then all was silent. Wormtongue sprawled on his face.[/INDENT] Chapter 10 The Voice of Saruman [INDENT]‘Come back, Saruman!’ said Gandalf in a commanding voice. To the amazement of the others, Saruman turned again, and as if dragged against his will, he came slowly back to the iron rail, leaning on it, breathing hard.[/INDENT] [INDENT]He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice. ‘Saruman, your staff is broken.’ There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman’s hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf’s feet.[/INDENT] The Return of the King Chapter 4 The Siege of Gondor [INDENT]It seemed to Pippin that he [Gandalf] raised his hand, and from it a shaft of white light stabbed upwards. The Nazgûl gave a long wailing cry and swerved away[/INDENT] [INDENT]Shadowfax bore him [Gandalf], shining, unveiled once more, a light starting from his upraised hand.[/INDENT] [INDENT]The Nazgûl screeched and swept away, for their Captain was not yet come to challenge the white fire of his foe.[/INDENT] Chapter 7 The Pyre of Denethor [INDENT]He [Gandalf] beheld with the sight that was given to him all that had befallen[/INDENT] Chapter 4 The Field of Cormallen [INDENT]As if to his eyes some sudden vision had been given, Gandalf stirred; and he turned, looking back north where the skies were pale and clear. Then he lifted up his hands and cried in a loud voice ringing above the din: [I]The Eagles are coming[/I]![/INDENT] Chapter 6 Many Partings [INDENT]For they [Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Celeborn] did not move or speak with mouth, looking from mind to mind; and only their shining eyes stirred and kindled as their thoughts went to and fro[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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