“Give us a clue,” said Eowyn.

“Ask me a question,” said Eomer.

Eowyn thought for a moment. “Did the man know that it was albatross before he ate it?”

“Yes.”

“So it was not that he had sworn never to eat it and mistakenly broken his oath…” Eowyn looked at Legolas. The elf shrugged.

“Does it taste very bad?” asked Gimli.

“I have never tried it,” replied Eomer.

“But the man thought he had!” said Eowyn. “And, when he tasted it, he knew he had not.”

“Go on,” said Eomer, with an encouraging smile.

“On the island, the fisherman had fed him meat,” said Eowyn, “telling him that it was albatross. But when he tasted real albatross, he realised what he had actually eaten.”

“Which was?” cried Gimli.

“Part of his dead wife!”

“Awww!”

“Do you not want that chicken breast, Gimli?” asked Eomer, innocently.