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   Message 69,244 of 70,346   
   Wayne Brown to Sandman   
   Re: Mouth of Sauron   
   31 Jul 13 21:04:15   
   
   From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net   
      
   Sandman  wrote:   
   > Two Towers, The Departure of Boromir:   
   >   
   >    ‘S is for Sauron,’ said Gimli. ‘That is easy to read.’   
   >    ‘Nay!’ said Legolas. ‘Sauron does not use the elf-runes.’   
   >    ‘Neither does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or   
   >     spoken,’ said Aragorn.   
   >   
   > Return of the King, The Black Gate Opens:   
   >   
   >    The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr he was, and his name is   
   >    remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he said:   
   >    ‘I am the Mouth of Sauron.’   
   >   
   > He always was a bit of a rebel, ey?   
      
   With his bad memory, he probably just forgot that particular rule.   
   Luckily for him, Sauron got rather busy shortly afterward or he might   
   have been in trouble for that.  :-)   
      
   --   
   F. Wayne Brown    
      
   Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg.  ("That passed away, this also can.")   
      from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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