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Sardy · 02-27-2007, 09:41 AM

Here's an odd thought:

The part that strikes me the most about the excerpt is Balin's surprise at the thought that these "treasure-seekers" might STILL be around. And also the seeming differentiation in the minds of the Dwarves that treasure-seekers are deserving of respect whereas hired thieves do not.

Suppose that these "treasure-seekers", as the Dwarves call them, are actually the Rangers, the remnants of the Dunadain---of course their true nature remaining secret and skewed by the Dwarves' own penchant for seeing only the greed in others?

02-27-2007, 09:41 AM	#6
Sardy Wight Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Posts: 111	Here's an odd thought: The part that strikes me the most about the excerpt is Balin's surprise at the thought that these "treasure-seekers" might STILL be around. And also the seeming differentiation in the minds of the Dwarves that treasure-seekers are deserving of respect whereas hired thieves do not. Suppose that these "treasure-seekers", as the Dwarves call them, are actually the Rangers, the remnants of the Dunadain---of course their true nature remaining secret and skewed by the Dwarves' own penchant for seeing only the greed in others? __________________ www.scottchristiancarr.com They passed slowly, and the hobbits could see the starlight glimmering on their hair and in their eyes.