AUTHOR'S NOTES -


CHAPTER 9: FEAR AND PITY
I had already written a short story called The Prisoner about Frodo’s experiences in the Tower, and it served as my background for this chapter.

‘He seemed like he were dreaming, Lily,’ said her father, his face drawn and anxious. ‘He didn’t answer my knock, so I looked in, like. He were lying there, clutching that gemstone o’ his. I spoke his name, and he said something about it being gone for ever, and that everything were dark and empty. Very dreary he sounded. So I came to shake him awake, and he just cried out and went like this here.’
The Return of the King, The Grey Havens: “On the thirteenth of that month Farmer Cotton found Frodo lying on his bed; he was clutching a white gem that hung on a chain around his neck and he seemed half in a dream.

“‘It is gone forever,’ he said, ‘and now all is dark and empty’”

Rosie brushed the hair back from her eyes, and smiled wanly at her twin. ‘He had another terror attack, Wil,’ she said, her voice shaking a little. ‘They seem like real memories, not just bad dreams.’

Jolly looked at her carefully, it was so rare for her to use his real name and it usually meant she was very upset.
The Return of the King, Appendix C: Jolly’s real name is Wilcome