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   In a footnote in Appendix A, it is stated that Círdan placed the Stone   
   that was in the Tower on Emyn Beraid aboard Elrond's ship when he left.   
   In that the Palantíri were by right the possessions of the House of   
   Elendil, why would he do this? Granted, though it had been guarded by   
   the Elves and was unique in that it was not in communication with the   
   others and only looked West, Elendil had set it there in order to look   
   back with "'straight sight' and see Eressëa in the Vanished West". It   
   is never stated that he relinquished possession of the Stone. Should it   
   not have, as was the Orthanc Stone, been returned to Aragorn with the   
   remainder of his inheritance? I would imagine Arwen might have   
   occasionally enjoyed looking into it, if it was not too painful for   
   her, and possibly seeing Elrond.   
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   Bill O'Meally   
      
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