Actually, the Witch-king does have a rather "Drat! A loop-hole!" reaction. After Eowyn says, "No mortal man am I! I am Eowyn Eomund's daughter!...." the Witch-king visibly falters, because he has remembered the words of Glorfindel's prophecy. He was counting on the fact that the majority of his enemies would be Men (not women and Hobbits), and thus, his pride ultimately led him to overlook that loophole.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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