Re: (TFT) Gandalf Falls

["Charles Gadda" <cgadda@earthlink.net>]

Half right. Fly *can* mean flee (or per Webster's "escape") but can also
mean (again, straight from Webster's, look it up if you don't believe me)
"to rush; hasten"

However, flying is NOT mentioned in Sil. I just looked, the closest I found
was something about them arising but that is not the same. Still, I have a
nagging feeling there may be a reference in Lost Tales or some of the
earlier versions of the story.


----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Picone <matman@mysticworks.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: (TFT) Gandalf Falls


> > Similarly, descriptions in Silmarillion sometimes use
> > words implying flight, but at the same time could merely be
> > an expression of speed (and rightly so - consider Gandalf's
> > last words before being pulled into the abyss "Fly you
> > fools!".
>
> I don't buy it. Fly means flee, not fast.
>
> -m@
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