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   From: omeallymd@geemail.com   
      
   On 2014-12-08 07:43:11 +0000, Sandman said:   
      
   >   
   > Well the elves led by Gildor, that Frodo, Sam and Pippin meet in the Shire   
   > when they just leave for their journey are on their way back from the Tower   
   > Hills for this very purpose. It isn't explicitly stated in the book, but   
   > Tolkien mentions it in The Road Goes Ever On:   
   >   
   >   "No doubt Gildor and his companions (Vol. I, Chap. 3), since they appear   
   >    to have been going eastward, were Elves living in or near Rivendell   
   >    returning from the palantir of the Tower Hills."   
      
   Well, I must say! I've owned RGEO for years and have only looked at the   
   music. Shame on me for missing a treasure trove of essays by Tolkien in   
   his commentaries on the poems in the back. Thank-you, Sandman, for   
   bringing this to light.   
      
   Not only did the Elves gaze into the Stone, but would occasionally   
   actually see Elbereth in her white radiance!   
   --   
   Bill O'Meally   
      
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