Good old Gandalf.
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Well, bless my beard!’ That’s Gandalf in Chapter 2 of Volume I. ‘Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.’ That’s how he’s talking by the end.
I read a few pages of this and its interesting but jesus I cant fathom reading it all.
Is there a tweeted version of that?