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 22. Simbelmyn on the Burial Mounds
[Thoden stands, with Gandalf, at his son's shut tomb.] 
Thoden: "Simbelmyn, ever has it grown on the tombs of my forebears. Now it shall cover the grave of my son." 
Thoden: "Alas, that these evil days should be mine. The young perish and the old linger. That I should live to see the last days of my house." 
Gandalf: "Thodred's death was not of your making." 
Thoden: "No parent should have to bury their child." 
[Thoden starts to cry and covers his face.] 
Gandalf: "He was strong in life. His spirit will find its way to the halls of your fathers." 
Gandalf: "Westu hl. Ferðu, Thodred, Ferðu." (Be-thou well. Go-thou, Thodred, go-thou.) 
[Gandalf turns and sees Èothain and Freda riding a horse.] 
[Èothain falls off the horse.] 
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