Written in 2010 for RabidSamFan's birthday. I did not realize it had never percolated over here from my LiveJournal.
"What are you reading, Sam?" Merry had not seen Sam so absorbed in reading since they'd arrived in Minas Tirith.
"Oh, Mr. Merry! 'Tis a broadsheet given me by a footman up at the Citadel. It's a story about a nobleman who lives in the City with his healer friend! He's a clever one, and whenever anything goes missing or stolen or suchlike, folks come to him to figure it out. There's lots of stories about him, so Gelmir says. Here, I finished this one, about a gentleman gone missing in broad daylight…"
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"Merry, what are you reading?" asked Frodo.