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Elendil on Amon Sul
In "A Knife in the Dark", as they approach Weathertop, Merry remarks on a path they've found, that it looks 'barrow-wightish' and asks Aragorn if there was a barrow on Weathertop.
Getting old, like me, Aragorn answers the question with a story. It ends like this: Quote:
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But it only occurred to me the other day (how embarrassing) - that Elendil probably wasn't doing that. He had a palantir on Amon Sul! So - whether he stood, as Aragorn said, or actually sat, I suppose he watched for Gil-galad's army through his special "looking glass" rather than with the bare eye. If it matters to anyone. But it does show me how we can get an image in our minds when we read something, and still cling to that initial image even as we gather more information.
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