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   From: jcb@inf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   On 2014-09-19, Stan Brown  wrote:   
   > No, I don't think so. In my opinion we are meant to understand that   
   > Sauron and his chief slaves, the Nazgûl, communicated by some means   
   > unavailable to lesser servants. I think Tolkien's essay Osanwe-kenta   
   > explains it: it was what we would call telepathy.   
      
   Indeed. They were in flight when they heard the "sudden terrible call   
   out of the Dark Tower", and I don't suppose Angmar's mount came   
   equipped with a palantír holder.   
      
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