Part 52 of 4800 from book57
And yet here is another charge on my hands while all the time the battle hangs inbook66 the balance. With that he turned away and went with Pippin down towards the lower city. Alas then I have guessed rightly said Gandalf. For that they had found no cure and indeed the span of their lives had now waned to little more than that of other men and those among them who passed the tale of five score years with vigour were grown few save in some houses of purer blood. They looked at him and for a while he was silent.... more