A Sense of History: Straight Road
The next in a series of articles about ships passing to and from the West, Simon uses "The Fall of Númenor" to attempt to arrive at Tolkien's reading of the exordium to "Beowulf."
“Class!” The teacher clapped her hands to quiet the group of younglings. “I have something of great importance to tell you! By the order of our king, we no longer learn the language of Quenya for it has been banned from our kingdom.”
The children let out a collective “oohhhh”, so she gestured for them to be calm. “Instead of that, we will have more lessons in music, art, and history”.
While the class “aawwed”, Miniel quickly kicked her sister in the ankle under the desk to get her attention. “Good!” she whispered. “Beleg says Quenya has a pesky cojungation!”