The Notion Club Papers Part Two

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Sauron Defeated chapters

Part One: The End of the Third Age The Story of Frodo and Sam in Mordor The Tower of Kirith Ungol The Land of Shadow Mount Doom The Field of Kormallen The Steward and the King Many Partings Homeward Bound The Scouring of the Shire The Grey Havens The Epilogue Part Two: The Notion Club Papers Introduction Foreword and List of Members The Notion Club Papers Part One The Notion Club Papers Part Two Major Divergences in Earlier Versions of Part Two Part Three: The Drowning of Anadûnê The third version of The Fall of Númenor The original text of The Drowning of Anadûnê The second text of The Drowning of Anadûnê The final form of The Drowning of Anadûnê The theory of the work Lowdham's Report on the Adunaic Language

The Notion Club Papers Part Two is a chapter included in Sauron Defeated, being the second part of The Notion Club Papers.

J.R.R. Tolkien divided the Papers into two parts at some point of its composition, but ultimately he rejected this division and removed the headings of each part; however, Christopher Tolkien kept that division for editorial reasons. The heading of Part Two was as written in a separated title-page of Manuscript E:

"Leaves from the Notion Club Papers
[Part] II
The Strange Case of Arundel Lowdham"

Synopsis

Night 62

6 March 1987

Only half torn page is left from the entry of this night. Apparently the Club discussed more of Michael Ramer's adventures.

Night 63

13 March 1987

Only the last page is left from the entry of this night. They talked about legendary travels. Afterwards, Ramer, Arundel Lowdham, and Nicholas Guildford walked together in the streets of Oxford and reached the Radcliffe Camera, illuminated by the moonlight and with a cloud nearby that looked like it emerged from the dome. Seeing this, Lowdham turned pale and cursed someone unconsciously. Ramer and Guildford parted ways with him, and commented on how weird Lowdham was acting lately.

Night 64

27 March 1987

There was only one quiet meeting during the Holy Week holidays, which was held in Guildford's rooms. Neither Ramer nor Lowdham attended, and Guildford read an essay on ancient Jutland.

Night 65

8 May 1987

The meeting was hold in Philip Frankley's rooms in Queen's. All main members attended, and they wished Ramer to talk more, but he did not seem to.