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| At the End of His Rope by Lindelea | 3 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 59 on 5/27/2005 |
| Love is there. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 59 on 2/1/2005 |
| And Pippin's own precarious health for years on end. It's one thing to have a sudden near brush with death in a battle or an accident, something that is acutely frightening, but soon over, and it's another to live day after day knowing that the odds are against you surviving an illness, and that it is likely you will succumb sooner than later. That's where Merry's baby cousin got a lot of his wisdom. And then he also got a good deal of it from two older cousins who loved him dearly and taught him well. | |
| Miriel | Reviewed Chapter: 59 on 9/10/2003 |
| I certacinly hope that they can convince Merry to stay in bed... This sentence made little sense to me: (/must needs/?) 'Don't I know it?' Pippin answered. 'I /must needs/ return to Tuckborough tomorrow. But I expect you to stay abed even without me sitting upon you.' He picked up a covered cup from the table by the bed. 'Here, Healer Robin left this for you. He said it would help you to sleep without dreaming.' Surely you didn't mean for the setence to be that garbled. While not a large error, I thought you might want to know. (I, for one, like my stories perfect.:) Author Reply: "must needs" is actually an archaic construction which you might find in materials written in the 1800s. Just substitute "need to" when you see it. So "I must needs return to Tuckborough" actually means, in modern-day language, "I need to return to Tuckborough" Sorry if it was a stumbling block to you; at times I wax too flowery, I fear. | |