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Haunting Spirit
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Was it Mrs. Tolkien and Mrs. Unwin?
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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Nice guess, Lindir, but it doesn't appear that those two ladies had that profound an effect on their respective husbands!
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Elaine Griffiths, a friend and former pupil of Tolkien's and Susan Dagnall from the staff of George Allen and Unwin.
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Princess of Skwerlz
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Right, Squatter, and we should be very thankful that they were friends, had the right connections, and were interested in Tolkien's story!
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Spectre of Decay
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Which item of statuary did Tolkien often employ as a hat stand?
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A Shade of Westernesse
Join Date: May 2004
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Fedoras by Michelangelo
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that Professor Tolkien was wont to hang his cap on a replica of the Statue of David.
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Good guess, but you want someone less biblical. The statue's in a place where Tolkien often had business.
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