Day 113: Countermeasures
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elena_tiriel:
Day 113
Countermeasures
"What can we do?" Éomer balled his right fist and slammed it into the palm of his other hand.
Théodred looked around cautiously before replying, though they stood in the centre of the paddock. "Words will not serve us. That tongue of his twists them like a tangled rope, cunning as Scatha."
Éomer's hand strayed to his dagger. "There is a short answer to a tangled rope," he muttered.
Théodred put a restraining hand on Éomer's forearm. "And a quick route to a slipknot around your neck. Let us rather untangle the rope and make a noose for the Worm."
elena_tiriel:Théodred and Éomer... were... devoted to the King,... and they did all that they could to thwart the influence over him that Gríma gained when the King's health began to fail.... Théoden was sixty-six; his malady may thus have been due to natural causes.... But it may well have been induced or increased by subtle poisons, administered by Gríma. In any case Théoden's sense of weakness and dependence on Gríma was largely due to the cunning and skill of this evil counsellor's suggestions. It was his policy to bring his chief opponents into discredit with Théoden, and if possible to get rid of them.
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 5, The Battles of the Fords of Isen
Day 113
Countermeasures
"What can we do?" Éomer balled his right fist and slammed it into the palm of his other hand.
Théodred looked around cautiously before replying, though they stood in the centre of the paddock. "Words will not serve us. That tongue of his twists them like a tangled rope, cunning as Scatha."
Éomer's hand strayed to his dagger. "There is a short answer to a tangled rope," he muttered.
Théodred put a restraining hand on Éomer's forearm. "And a quick route to a slipknot around your neck. Let us rather untangle the rope and make a noose for the Worm."
