[The Ents hover, making low voices. Treebeard approaches the hobbits.]

Pippin: "Merry."

Treebeard: "We have just agreed."

[He seems to fall asleep.]

Merry: "Yes?"

Treebeard: "I have told your names to the Entmoot and we have agreed: you are not orcs."

Pippin: "Well that's good news."

Merry: "And what about Saruman? Have you come to a decision about him."

Treebeard: "Now don't be hasty, Master Meriadoc."

Merry: "Hasty?! Our friends are out there. They need our help! They cannot fight this war on their own."

Treebeard: "War, yes. It affects us all. But you must understand, young hobbit. It takes a long time to say anything in old Entish, and we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say."