No Man's Child - Chapter 36
‘That is the road to the vales of Tumladen and Lossarnach, and the mountain-villages, and then on to Lebennin,’ said Beregond. ‘There go the last of the wains that bear away to refuge the aged, the children, and the women that must go with them. They must all be gone from the Gate and the road clear for a league before noon: that was the order. It
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It's not immediately apparent what the purpose of hanging the cloth is. In a couple of paragraphs, it become clear, but here I didn't make an automatic jump to "for privacy".
"Mamil," says my son, his small face wretched and his shoulders fallen. "I want to go home. May it please you, Mamil, may we go home now?"
OMG, if that is not adorable, I don't know what is. Sad, too, of course, because obviously he can't understand why they're not sleeping in their own beds; he sounds terribly bewildered, and the clinging to his mama just makes me want to snuggle him. But so cute with the "maybe if I say please, we'll get to go home".
My skirts and the hem of my cloak are covered in filth a hands-breadth deep and more and I despair of e'er drying out the good leather of my boots...And all I have I would give for a mere palmful of powder for my teeth. They feel as if covered in a foul film This is very nice. I think readers tend to think about the fear you'd feel in such a situation, of course we ( ... )
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What is it but a trap? And we place ourselves in it? For once the Elder has the right of it, we shall die here." ...
"Will you not trust your lord to exert himself to your good? I really like this whole exchange. You very rarely see anyone questioning Aragorn, and you sure don't seem them questioning Aragorn to anyone close to him (not to mention his wife!) And of course, everyone couldn't possibly have agreed with his actions all the time. Bachor and the other men have perfectly valid worries, and it does show how desperate they are to hold on to what they have, when they're willing to sneak out of the fortress to tend to their livelihood. It's also interesting that Bachor seems to consider not telling Nienelen what's going on, and then does. Either he thinks highly of her ability to persuade Aragorn to see their side of things, or he's very comfortable with her. Or perhaps he thinks he can browbeat her into speaking to ( ... )
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Ah. okay
he sounds terribly bewildered, and the clinging to his mama just makes me want to snuggle him. But so cute with the "maybe if I say please, we'll get to go home".
Yeah, poor bud. That good ole magical thinking in the very young.
And see, here I was thinking of dysentery being the problem in a camp like this.
That could be next. ;o)
"We need not worry for that. The sickness takes at least a score of days to settle in the lungs and do its work. We will have been burned out or put to the sword well before that."
AhahahahahahahaHA. Nothin' like gallows humour.
Good! I'm glad that comes across as funny. The humor is so dark, I was wondering just how successful it would be.
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