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\"Gandalf<\/p>\n

A servant lisped, \u201cGandalf is here.\u201d
\nThe news gave Saruman grim cheer
\nAs into Orthanc\u2019s cold, stone halls
\nCame Gandalf\u2019s brisk, steady footfalls. <\/p>\n

\u201cHail, Gandalf \u2013 my old friend the Grey.
\nYou heed my summons and obey?
\nHow good of you to come within
\nMy humble dwelling. Let\u2019s begin
\nTo speak of what the future brings
\nTo wizards \u2013 mankind\u2019s natural kings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gandalf stood still and silent long.
\nHe studied Saruman. What\u2019s wrong?
\nThere\u2019s something different in the air.
\nHas he entered a spider\u2019s lair?
\nGandalf shuddered and felt like prey
\nNew-trapped inside Orthanc today.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreetings to Saruman the White -\u201d
\nBut Saruman his greeting quite
\nDismissed. \u201cWhite is a paltry start –
\nAn undercoat whose only part
\nIs for repainting. Overwrite:
\nNow see how I improve on white!\u201d
\nIn myriad hues sudden arrayed
\nWas Saruman, whose robes displayed
\nA shifting, multi-coloured thread.
\nGandalf senses danger ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour rainbow robes – disdaining white –
\nBeseem you not. Read me aright:
\nFor one who breaks a thing to try
\nTo find what makes it work thereby
\nDeluded is: has left behind
\nThe path of wisdom, they shall find.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPrattle me not! You, I advise –
\nNay, I command! You\u2019ll deem me wise
\nWhen you shall hear what I will say:
\nThe age of elves passes away.
\nThe days of men approach, and we
\nMust rule, to bring prosperity
\nAnd order to this motley crew:
\nThe many governed by the few.
\nI hear the rumour \u2013 nay, I know! –
\nIndeed, I see you planned it so:
\nYou know where lies the ruling Ring.
\nAnd I will have it! To me bring
\nThis trinket. Together we shall rule!\u201d<\/p>\n

In Saruman\u2019s eye there twinkled cruel,
\nCold calculation. Lust for fame
\nAnd power spurred him on the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough! Don\u2019t pretend we shall rule
\nTogether. Think me such a fool?
\nA Ring can be worn but by one –
\nAs you well know. All I have done
\nTo hide it I shall not reveal
\nTo you. I see that no appeal
\nCan touch you in the slightest now.
\nYou wish me to Sauron to bow?
\nOr to yourself? I neither choose.
\nAgainst Sauron you\u2019ll surely lose.
\nSo now, what is my option third?\u201d<\/p>\n

Then Saruman replied this word:
\n\u201cHere you shall stay. While here confined
\nI shall ponder within my mind
\nHow best to punish, or reward
\nGandalf the Grey. This afterward
\nMy empire upon Middle Earth
\nEstablished is.\u201d With scornful mirth
\nStrong servants seized Gandalf the Grey
\nAnd led him powerless away. <\/p>\n

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