Galhardir at the Hearing
Galhardir gazed.
Could it really have been Hilde who had done it and nearly killed him?
"Please, will you let me speak?" Galhardir then said out loud and got up. Luindal ordered the Lossoth and the elves to be quiet. "Please do," he said and looked at Hilde. Annű tried to be quiet, but Galhardir noticed his eyes glanced over at Hilde constantly.
"My memory from that horrible day is still a bit unclear, but I do think my thoughts and those memories I have are important for you to hear," he started. "I remember handing over the end of my rope to Alahseey and Hilde, so I think it’s most certain one of them cut it too..." Some of the elves started to mutter, looking back and forth at Hilde and Alahseey as they were trying to vision the event. "When I noticed I had lost Luindal on the ice and I was surrounded by thick fog I panicked. I remember pulling my rope slightly, to see if it could lead me back to the bay. As you all know, the very reason we're here is because it was cut off. Alahseey has been chraged for this terribl action, although I do not think she is the guilty one...." Voices of great confusion was to be heard. Galhardir didn't expect anything else either as there was now several people charging Hilde instead of Alahseey for the terrible deed. "The rope had been cut only a short time before I got lost, or so I think. To be able to cut my rope one had to use an axe..."
"Get to the point," one of the elves muttered.
"What better way of hiding your own traces by pointing the suspicion to someone else is there?" Galhardir then asked the crowd. "I've bee asking myself this question since the very moment I heard that Alahseey had been charged for this deed. Please do think about it...A spy would do something as horrible as that, but only a spy. I tell you, Hilde is that spy. Not Alahseey."
As he had finished, great anger and accusations came from Hilde. Annű smiled mischievously because he knew Hilde would have to pay for what she had done. It was like a victory. Galhardir sat down again, waiting for Luindal or some of the Elders to say something regarding Galhardir's accusations and thoughts. "Oh, one last thing. If it hadn't been for you," he said, looking at Rôg and some of the elves, "I wouldn't have been here today," Galhardir continued, pausing. He sighed. "The person who has betrayed us should be punished for this and not walk away thinking she can fool us by leading another innocent person into her own miserable level."
Last edited by piosenniel; 11-10-2004 at 03:27 PM.
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