Day 16: Parliament of Fools
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tanaquiljall'And where has [Gandalf] got to himself? He left the Lord's council before the noon-meal, and in no good mood either, I thought. Perhaps he has some foreboding of bad news.'
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 5, Ch 4, The Siege of Gondor
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elena_tiriel wanted to know why did Gandalf react so strongly to what transpired at the Lord's council?
Day 16
Parliament of Fools
Talk, talk, talk! Much talk to little purpose. Mithrandir held impatience in check while words circled the table. Good men, fierce in defence of their lands, but seeing naught beyond the borders of their fiefdoms.
All save the Prince, whose mind ranged like the wild swans, flighting from northern reed-bed to southern lake. And the Lord Steward, who knew much but guarded knowledge like a dragon his hoard.
When the call for the noon-meal came, Mithrandir had learned the little the lords knew or Denethor would tell. Time to seek other news, and the Captain who might yet hold Gondor.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 5, Ch 4, The Siege of Gondor
elena_tiriel wanted to know why did Gandalf react so strongly to what transpired at the Lord's council?Day 16
Parliament of Fools
Talk, talk, talk! Much talk to little purpose. Mithrandir held impatience in check while words circled the table. Good men, fierce in defence of their lands, but seeing naught beyond the borders of their fiefdoms.
All save the Prince, whose mind ranged like the wild swans, flighting from northern reed-bed to southern lake. And the Lord Steward, who knew much but guarded knowledge like a dragon his hoard.
When the call for the noon-meal came, Mithrandir had learned the little the lords knew or Denethor would tell. Time to seek other news, and the Captain who might yet hold Gondor.
