Yes! I liked that part too. Gandalf wasn't going to put up with any of that nonsense. Hehehe. I bet that the Ring of Fire that Gandalf has had a major part in that. Also, I wonder how long it would have taken for the Rohhirim to start breaking up....some supporting Eomer and some supporting Theoden/Wormtongue.
It certainly seems like we've been abandoned! But Sam Cree is away for the week and Hair and her horse took a fall last weekend so she's been busy elsewhere.
We got a little off topic on The White Rider and didn't seem to get back on before the new chapter. One part of The White Rider that I find interesting is how Gandalf described how Saruman the traitor really screwed up!
'And is not that strange? Nothing that we have endured of late has seemed so grievous as the treason of Isengard. Even reckoned as a lord and captain Saruman has grown very strong. He threatens the Men of Rohan and draws off their help from Minas Tirith, even as the main blow is approaching from the East. Yet a treacherous weapon is ever a danger to the hand. Saruman also had a mind to capture the Ring, for hiimself, or at least to snare some hobbits for his evil purposes. So between them our enemies have contrived only to bring Merry and Pippin with marvellous speed, and in the nick of time, to Fangorn, where otherwise they would never have come at all!'I always like it when the bad guys shoot themselves in the foot!
As OT said, my horse fell on me last weekend and we were both hurtin, though not seriously. My horse has been needing a lot of doctoring and I am still hobbling. I haven't really been able to think of anything else but fixing him.
And I am really behind in a work project so the next day or two may not improve. I am still working now tonight! Ugh! I haven't even had time to read. But Thursday is looking very good! - and I hope to catch up and be able to talk!
YES! I liked that too! That the two evil forces were working independently thus splitting their power! Yeah-
I also liked the part about Merry/Pippin. This was a great example of "making lemonade"; or is scriptural terms- "making all things work for good". Really 'good' since we get to meet Treebeard etal, and the Ents take to the war path.
Now that's some kinda lemonade!
Sorry to hear about Hair- what happened?