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Volume:
Sauron Defeated
Chapter:
The Notion Club Papers Part Two
Pages: 222–277
Paragraph count:
613
Token count:
22,155
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p222
[PART TWO] …
⟪Night 62⟫. Thursday, …
⟪Night 63⟫. Thursday, …
[Good] night Frankley!’ …
Lowdham seemed to …
‘Played the ass …
p223
‘I shall be …
‘Oh well. But …
It was a …
Lowdham looked up, …
‘Curse him! May …
We turned up …
‘He is,’ said …
‘For some reason …
‘I wonder,’ said …
PF. RD. AAL. …
⟪Night 64.⟫ Thursday, …
There was only …
PF. WTJ. JM. …
p224
⟪Night 65⟫. Thursday, …
This was the …
Lowdham was restless, …
I’ve got a …
To drink myself …
It seldom progressed …
Bring me my …
Tonight I’m diving …
down! down! down! …
Down where the …
It was not …
About ten o’clock …
Lowdham to Frankley: …
‘Yes, I do. …
‘Well, I don’t …
‘Nonsense! Double nonsense, …
p224–225
‘Yes, doink has …
p225
‘And it’s an …
‘And won’t anybody …
‘Of course I …
‘But are you …
‘Well, I don’t …
p225–226
‘Languages are not …
p226
‘I do not!’ …
‘Slay me with …
‘That’s the stuff!’ …
‘Though, of course, …
‘It’s not so …
‘You talk almost …
‘No! Not since …
p226–227
The conversation drifted …
p227
‘The Sheaf personified,’⁽*⁾ …
[Jeremy] …. ‘as …
‘In any case, …
‘Roots in what?’ …
‘In Being, I …
‘Of course, the …
‘And mind you, …
p228
‘Perhaps!’ said Frankley. …
‘I didn’t say …
‘And what do …
‘Well, I think …
‘Hmm,’ Ramer muttered, …
‘Yes, Frankley,’ said …
‘Quite so!’ said …
‘What sort of …
p229
‘I wasn’t thinking …
‘Yes, I’m moved …
‘But you’ll allow, …
‘Some kind of …
‘And anyway: if …
‘It depends on …
p229–230
‘Anyway, I think …
p230
‘I don’t see …
‘Because different people …
‘No, it wouldn’t,’ …
‘You might indeed!’ …
‘Of course! And …
‘Riding down to …
‘What on earth …
‘The cork’s coming …
p230–231
‘Oh, Norman Keeps …
p231
‘I know, I …
Conversation stopped, and …
‘Zigūr?’ said Jeremy, …
‘No idea, no …
The early summer …
Suddenly Lowdham spoke …
Behold the Eagles …
We were all …
p232
Suddenly Lowdham pulled …
We returned to …
‘Nūmenōr? Nūmenōr?’ he …
‘Oh, I don’t …
‘I asked,’ said …
‘Now that is …
‘Ah!’ said Lowdham. …
‘Well, here’s a …
‘We shall,’ said …
‘Very queer,’ said …
‘What do you …
‘Take your advice,’ …
‘Go into memory-training …
‘I’m a bit …
p232–233
‘No, really, I’m …
p233
The conversation then …
As we went …
‘Yes,’ said Ramer. …
MGR. PF. RD. …
⟪Night 66⟫. Thursday, …
A crowded evening. …
Lowdham seemed in …
‘Well now,’ said …
‘Well, I’m a …
‘Well, what has …
‘I’m not quite …
‘Illuminating indeed!’ said …
p233–234
‘Not very, I …
p234
‘We lived in …
‘Disappeared?’ said Frankley. …
‘He disappeared,’ said …
‘The seas were …
‘Not a spar …
‘One of the …
‘“Not yet, Ælfwine,” …
‘It was then …
p234–235
‘He went off …
p235
‘I can’t see …
‘Wait a bit!’ …
‘Well – as …
‘There I learned …
‘Éadwine friend of …
p235–236
‘But they must …
p236
‘Yes,’ said Lowdham. …
‘Don’t forget the …
‘I don’t,’ said …
‘Nor the repetition …
‘Probably deliberately imitated …
‘Perhaps, O Horsefriend …
Éalá Éarendel engla …
ofer middangeard monnum …
he chanted. ‘“Hail …
‘I know more …
‘Why irreverent?’ said …
p236–237
‘That’s so,’ said …
p237
‘I think it …
‘If I follow …
‘It is,’ said …
‘What language is …
‘No, I don’t …
p237–238
‘From the time …
p238
‘Looking at a …
‘But I’m getting …
‘As soon as …
‘Well, first of …
p238–239
‘In that case …
p239
Lowdham stared at …
‘Take the Anglo-Saxon …
‘And as for …
‘It’s now clear …
p239–240
‘Any one who …
p240
‘It is not …
‘Both A and …
‘I find this …
Lowdham looked up …
p240–241
‘But take the …
p241
‘There seems to …
‘The name Ëarendil, …
‘Well there you …
There was a …
p242
‘I don’t quite …
‘You remember that …
‘This is dreadful,’ …
p242–243
‘You needn’t worry,’ …
p243
‘Here’s a bit …
westra lage wegas …
‘That came through …
westra lage wegas …
westweg wæs rihtweg, …
and so on …
a straight way …
It seems the …
Monath módaes lust …
forth ti foeran …
obaer gaarseggaes grimmae …
aelbuuina eard uut …
Nis me ti …
ni ti wíbae …
ni ymb oowict …
p244
It sounds to …
My soul’s desire …
forth bids me …
over the ancient …
Elf-friends’ island in …
For no harp …
in no wife …
one wish only, …
‘I know now, …
‘It was not …
þus cwæð Ælfwine …
Fela bið on …
wundra and wihta, …
eardgeard ælfa and …
Lýt ænig wát …
þám þe eftsíðes …
‘Thus spake Ælfwine …
There is many …
‘I think my …
p244–245
‘Well, now I’ve …
p245
‘If it’s any …
‘Good Heavens!’ said …
Fil me a …
for longe I …
Nu wil I …
that Frenche men …
The song was …
AAL. MGR. WTJ. …
⟪Night 67⟫. Thursday, …
We met in …
‘Have you seen …
‘I couldn’t say,’ …
‘I wonder what …
‘I don’t think …
p246
‘Sunk, in fact,’ …
‘Perhaps,’ said Ramer. …
At that moment …
‘I’ve got something …
‘Verbs, syntax! Hooray!’ …
‘Don’t try and …
‘It’s been very …
‘I have been …
He passed round …
⟪I⟫ …
(⟪A⟫) O sauron …
nuhuinenna … tar-kalion …
under shadow … …
númeheruvi arda sakkante …
Lords-of-West Earth rent …
p247
ēari ullier ikilyanna …
seas should flow …
* * * …
(⟪B⟫) Kadō zigūrun …
and so ? …
dubdam ugru-dalad … …
fell ?shadow under …
avalōiyada … bārim …
against Powers … …
sāibēth-mā ēruvō … …
assent-with ?-from … …
… anadūnē zīrān …
… Numenor beloved …
… balīk hazad …
… ships seven …
⟪II⟫ …
(⟪B⟫) Agannālō burōda …
Death-shadow heavy on-us …
… adūn izindi …
… west straight …
kātha batīna lōkhī …
all roads crooked …
(⟪A⟫) Vahaiya sin …
far away now …
(⟪B⟫) Ēphalak īdōn …
far away now …
(⟪B⟫) Ēphal ēphalak …
far far away …
(⟪A⟫) Haiya vahaiya …
far far away …
p247–248
There are two …
p248
‘“I believe these …
‘These are only …
‘And then I …
‘I don’t think …
p248–249
‘Tar-kalion, for instance: …
p249
‘There is one …
‘Why or?’ said …
‘We may be …
He got up …
p249–250
‘I wish I …
p250
‘Zigūr!’ said Jeremy …
‘I say, what’s …
‘Zigūr!’ cried Jeremy …
‘I had forgotten,’ …
Jeremy groaned and …
Frankley and Ramer …
‘Leave him alone,’ …
‘Would you like …
‘Are you feeling …
‘Yes,’ groaned Jeremy …
There was a …
p251
Lowdham was standing …
‘Narīka ’nBāri ’nAdūn …
Then all at …
He paused, and …
‘Woe to this …
There was a …
‘Behold! Now the …
‘Do you not …
‘Do you not …
‘The glory hath …
‘Still the eagles …
p251–252
There was a …
p252
‘All hath passed …
With a vast …
In the midst …
‘Come, Abrazān!’ he …
‘It is too …
‘A little light …
‘They’ll be drowned!’ …
‘The fear of …
And there this …
For three hours …
p253
When at last …
I was the …
‘Good night – …
‘We should indeed!’ …
‘What do you …
‘Well, I have …
‘I don’t understand …
‘Stop Lowdham and …
MGR. RD. PF. …
⟪Night 68⟫. June …
Frankley’s rooms. A …
p253–254
There is not …
p254
‘What a time …
‘D’you mean Lowdham …
‘Wonderfully!’ said Dolbear. …
‘Hm. I spoke …
‘Truly remarkable!’ said …
‘Yes,’ said Guildford. …
Dear Nick, …
We hope every …
p255
That is the …
We are researching. …
‘What about the …
‘No,’ said Guildford. …
September 25th was …
“Good!’ said Ramer. …
‘My dear Ramer!’ …
‘But I haven’t …
‘But I am …
‘In the meantime …
‘Good work!’ said …
p255–256
‘I’m not,’ Ramer …
p256
‘The script is, …
‘I wonder who …
‘Well, come on!’ …
‘Here it is!’ …
‘Now, I said …
p256–257
‘He liked mine. …
p257
“To sum up: …
‘Well, I solved …
p257–258
Hi alle sǽ …
p258
Nu sitte we …
All the seas …
p259
Now we sit …
‘Well, old Rashbold …
‘Of course, when …
‘I say “saw”. …
‘Or all he …
p259–260
‘Yes, it’s a …
p260
‘And probably more …
‘Really you’re unteachable, …
‘Who am I …
‘Well, wait until …
RD. PF. RS. …
⟪Night 69⟫. Thursday, …
There was a …
After the experiences …
‘Well, Jerry,’ said …
‘That means that …
‘That depends on …
‘We did,’ said …
p261
‘Well, I’m here, …
‘All right! But …
‘It’ll explain itself, …
‘Go on! Let’s …
Frankley took a …
⸤¶TheDeath¶⸥⸤¶At last out …
⸤¶of St.¶⸥⸤¶and mist …
⸤¶Brendan¶⸥⸤¶under clouded moon …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶as the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶to Ireland, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶to the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶where the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶tolled in …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Where Shannon …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶under a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Saint Brendan …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶to await …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶‘O! tell …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶if still …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶of things …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶of islands …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶where dwell …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in seven …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶or the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶‘The things …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶have long …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶only three …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶a Cloud, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶We sailed …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶no field …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶no boat …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶for forty …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶We saw …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶but a …
p261–262
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and a …
p262
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Upreared from …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶a shoreless …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶its sides …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶to the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶No cloak …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶no looming …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶like the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶We turned …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶the rumbling …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶then the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and we …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶on its …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶where fires …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Tall as …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶its feet …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶grounded in …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and buried …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶it stands, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶where the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶We sailed …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and we …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and hunger …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and we …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶A land …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶at the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶the waves …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and pearls …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and steep …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶to slopes …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶through a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Through gates …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and passed, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and silence …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and holy …
p262–263
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶As a …
p263
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶that with …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶was the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶on a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶a tree …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶might climb …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶its foot …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶it height …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶so wide …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in shade …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and they …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶those boughs …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶for white …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶the leaves …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶they grew …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶all long …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶We deemed …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶that time …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and our …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶we hoped, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶In the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶softly us …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶like a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Then trembled …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶from the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶as white …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and left …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶From the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶a music …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶not voice …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶but maybe …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶fair kindred …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶beyond the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Yet steep …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶beyond the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶‘O! stay …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶But two …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶The Tree, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶The Star …
p263–264
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶‘The Star? …
p264
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶at the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶a light …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶like silver …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶where the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶but on …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶as an …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶to coasts …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶‘But men …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶you went …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶I would …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶of the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶‘In my …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶that was …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶But where …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in what …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶what words …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶if you …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶you must …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and find …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶you will …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶In Ireland, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶in the …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶the knell …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶was tolling …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶Saint Brendan …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶under a …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and journeyed …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶and his …
When Frankley stopped …
‘Very odd indeed! …
‘There have been …
p265
‘There’s nothing much …
‘I don’t think …
‘Still that seems …
‘And that bit …
‘I don’t know,’ …
‘The Parting of …
‘Oh, nothing. But, …
‘No,’ said Lowdham. …
p265–266
The silence was …
p266
‘Yes indeed!’ said …
‘Where have you …
‘We ended up …
‘Why Porlock? Not …
‘Not now, maybe,’ …
‘We started off …
‘Started off?’ said …
‘Was it as …
‘No,’ said Jeremy, …
‘Don’t you remember …
‘Yes, I remember …
‘All right,’ said …
p266–267
‘Well,’ said Jeremy, …
p267
‘We took a …
‘We both heard …
‘And we came …
p267–268
‘We could get …
p268
‘As we crossed …
‘We arrived in …
‘The twilight deepened …
‘Yes,’ said Lowdham, …
p268–269
‘Anyway, we went …
p269
‘No!’ said Jeremy. …
‘Well’, said Lowdham, …
‘I looked down …
p269–270
‘I looked round …
p270
‘The sound of …
‘But Éadwine had …
p270–271
‘I had been …
p271
‘And I thought …
‘I heard the …
‘And suddenly I …
‘“Westu hál, Ælfwine!” …
‘“Ic can lýt …
‘And then I …
Hwæt! Éadweard cyning …
beorna béaggifa on …
p272
æt Ircenfelda ealdorlangne …
geslóg æt sæcce …
and all the …
Monath módes lust …
forth tó féran, …
ofer gársecges grimme …
Ælfwina eard út …
Nis me tó …
ne tó wífe …
ne ymb ówiht …
Then I stopped …
‘“If England is …
‘“If he has …
‘“We have had …
‘But the king …
p272–273
‘“Peace!” said old …
p273
‘“Not now, lord,” …
‘At that a …
‘His verse was …
Hwæt! wé on …
fyrn gefrugnon of …
to Longbeardna londgemǽrum …
tha hí ǽr …
on North-théodum, nacan …
scírtimbredne scríthan gangan …
‘But if it …
King Sheave …
p273–274
In days of …
p274
Men there marvelled, …
The ship came …
The boat they …
p274–275
Grief o’ercame them. …
p275
Middle-earth had known …
Forth men hastened …
Sheave they called …
Their need he …
p275–276
Halls and houses …
p276
‘When he ended …
Seven sons he …
‘And with that, …
‘And there I …
p277
‘Next meeting Tréowine …
‘If you haven’t …
Markison handed him …
Lowdham drained the …
WTJ. AAL MGR. …
⟪Night 70⟫. Thursday, …