Nov 11:  Remembrance (November 3^rd, Shire Reckoning 1423, Fourth Age 2)

For three Novembers in a row widow Iris Boffin woke at dawn to see Peregrin Took’s wife on her knees in the Battle Gardens, clearing away weeds and dead leaves from around the memorial stone.  The younger hobbit was always gone by the time Iris had drunk her breakfast tea, leaving behind a wreath of chrysanthamums and ivy on the engraved monument.

When the fourth anniversary came, Iris rose early and was waiting when Diamond arrived. “Why do you do this?” she demanded.

“Because,” Diamond touched Iris’ husband’s carved name on the stone, “my Pippin could have been honoured here.”

A/N:  Prompt: “Noble” by Debbie McIntyre from the ALEP2: TABA group on Facebook