He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings, p.919, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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