I’ve seen all the effort that went into those movies, it’d be impossible to live in Wellie and miss it. I don’t doubt that all of you believed in what you were doing . . . and I have to wonder if that’s the explanation for this . . . that you’ve gotten lost in a role and can’t find your way out again. But no, that man in your bed was not you. I’d stake my life on that.

“But how does that get Éomer here? And I would think you’d want to hang around to see that he stays out of trouble.”