Then she fell on her knees, saying: 'I beg thee!' 'Nay, lady,' he said…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Then she fell on her knees, saying: 'I beg thee!' 'Nay, lady,' he said, and taking her by the hand he raised her. The he kissed her hand, and sprang into the saddle, and rode away, and did not look back; and only those who knew him well and were near to him saw the pain that he bore. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.532, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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