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Wisdom of Wizardry · 12-16-2003, 03:12 PM

What did Gandalf mean when he spoke these words at the end of the chapter entitled "The Bridge of Khazad-Dum"?

If you could restate them, without the extreme brevity that his drastic circumstances dictated, what would you have him say?

Would it be "Get out of here, the whole place may come down!"?

Would it be "I'm dead, save yourselves!"?

How about "Scatter, the battle is lost!"?

For my part, I think old Gandalf was exhibiting a bit of his justly deserved arrogance. I think he was saying "Leave this to me! None of you is even marginally equipped to handle this big S.O.B., nor can you aid me by dying! Get the hell out of here!" [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

What do you think?

12-16-2003, 03:12 PM	#1
Wisdom of Wizardry Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: foley, AL Posts: 11	FLY, you fools! What did Gandalf mean when he spoke these words at the end of the chapter entitled "The Bridge of Khazad-Dum"? If you could restate them, without the extreme brevity that his drastic circumstances dictated, what would you have him say? Would it be "Get out of here, the whole place may come down!"? Would it be "I'm dead, save yourselves!"? How about "Scatter, the battle is lost!"? For my part, I think old Gandalf was exhibiting a bit of his justly deserved arrogance. I think he was saying "Leave this to me! None of you is even marginally equipped to handle this big S.O.B., nor can you aid me by dying! Get the hell out of here!" [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] What do you think? __________________ Tolkein fan since 1966