[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Flicking idly through my copy today I found this.

Of course, the L.R. does not belong to me. It has been brought forth and must now go its appointed way in the world, though naturally I take a deep interest in its fortunes, as a parent would of a child. I am comforted to know that it has good friends to defend it against the malice of its enemies. (But all the fools are not in the other camp.)

From Letter #328, to Carole Batten-Phelps (Autumn, 1971).