here again the actual matter of the narrative is totally different in the carly and late forms of the legend : in the silmarillion 'many thralls and ives came forth in wonder and dismay ... for they had lain long in darkness of sauron ' , whereas in the tale the inmates who emerged the shaken dwelling ( other than beren and the apparently inconse- quent figure of the blind slave-gnome gimli ) were a host of cats , reduced by the breaking of tevildo 's spell to 'puny size ' .