Thirty silver pennies in a fundamentally religious and Catholic work - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Inziladun · 01-29-2018, 12:10 PM

For what it's worth, in The Return of the Shadow (HOME), an early draft of the scene where Merry is compensated for his ponies' loss has him receiving twenty silver pennies, 'less the cost of their food and lodging'. The price of the ragged beast bought in Bree was six.

That as opposed to LOTR, where Ferny's price was twelve, and Butterbur added another eighteen.

If thirty was really intended by Tolkien to mean something from the start, why the change?

01-29-2018, 12:10 PM	#7
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	For what it's worth, in The Return of the Shadow (HOME), an early draft of the scene where Merry is compensated for his ponies' loss has him receiving twenty silver pennies, 'less the cost of their food and lodging'. The price of the ragged beast bought in Bree was six. That as opposed to LOTR, where Ferny's price was twelve, and Butterbur added another eighteen. If thirty was really intended by Tolkien to mean something from the start, why the change? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

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