Alan Sisto
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
"'But do not put it that way, if you meet any of the inhabitants.
"'You are near the borders of the Shire now.
"'And what do you want with me?
"'You are never a traveller unless driven by great need.'
"'I have an urgent errand,' he said.
"'Then he looked about him as if the hedges might have years.'
Nazgul, he whispered, the nine are abroad again.
They have crossed the river secretly and are moving westward.
They have taken the guise of riders in black.
I love that that line, that exact phrasing says,
Gets used in the film, right?
He's the one telling Gandalf that the nine are abroad again.
Which is exactly when they crossed it too, as we talked about the other episode.
Well, in one of the stories, that's the night they crossed it because then they arrived the very next day.