The weak-willed Philip could not resist rescuing Mildred, and helping her to recover from her failed relationship.Sjostrom was a longtime Swedish film director whom MGM signed to do films, such asHe Who Gets Slapped (1924)with Lon Chaney,The Scarlet Letter (1926), andThe Divine Woman (1928)with Greta Garbo.He admires her willingness o continue playing against him (and losing elegantly), in a series of famous lines:Bond (offscreen): I admire your courage, Miss.Edmund was able to kill off the misty green vision of the White Witch (promising: "I can make you my king"), at the same time that Eustace placed he 7th sword on the pile of other crossed swords.To counter him, Saruman listed the paltry evidence presented by Gandalf:the existence of a threatening Orc packthe discovery of the dagger from a "bygone age" - a riddle?a human sorcerer known as The Necromancer residing in the ruined fortressAlthough the Council did not condone the Dwarf quest, Gandalf had already dispatched them (and Bilbo) to the Misty Mountains.