[losing my mind as I reformat all of my footnotes for a different journal style]
"...but where was it published, precious?"
"...but where was it published, precious?"
Comments
Frodo - "I cannot read the fiery letters."
Gandalf - "No. But I can. This in the common tongue is what is said, close enough: JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (HarperCollins 1996), 66."
Frodo - "What is this? A meta-reference?"
Gandalf - "It would appear so."