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Fare

Well

!

Frodo

read

the

letter

to

himself

,

and

then

passed

it

to

Pippin

and

Sam

.

'

Really

old

Butterbur

has

made

a

mess

of

things

!

'

he

said

.

'

He

deserves

roasting

.

If

I

had

got

this

at

once

,

we

might

all

have

been

safe

in

Rivendell

by

now

.

But

what

can

have

happened

to

Gandalf

?

He

writes

as

if

he

was

going

into

great

danger

.

'

'

He

has

been

doing

that

for

many

years

,

'

said

Strider

.

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Frodo

turned

and

looked

at

him

thoughtfully

,

wondering

about

Gandalf

's

second

postscript

.

'

Why

did

n't

you

tell

me

that

you

were

Gandalf

's

friend

at

once

?

'

he

asked

.

'

It

would

have

saved

time

.

'

'

Would

it

?

Would

any

of

you

have

believed

me

till

now

?

'

said

Strider

.

'

I

knew

nothing

of

this

letter

.

For

all

I

knew

I

had

to

persuade

you

to

trust

me

without

proofs

,

if

I

was

to

help

you

.

In

any

case

,

I

did

not

intend

to

tell

you

all

about

myself

at

once

.

I

had

to

study

you

first

,

and

make

sure

of

you

.

The

Enemy

has

set

traps

for

me

before

now

.

As

soon

as

I

had

made

up

my

mind

,

I

was

ready

to

tell

you

whatever

you

asked

.

But

I

must

admit

,

'

he

added

with

a

queer

laugh

,

'

that

I

hoped

you

would

take

to

me

for

my

own

sake

.

A

hunted

man

sometimes

wearies

of

distrust

and

longs

for

friendship

.

But

there

,

I

believe

my

looks

are

against

me

.

'

'

They

are

--

at

first

sight

at

any

rate

,

'

laughed

Pippin

with

sudden

relief

after

reading

Gandalf

's

letter

.

'

But

handsome

is

as

handsome

does

,

as

we

say

in

the

Shire

;

and

I

daresay

we

shall

all

look

much

the

same

after

lying

for

days

in

hedges

and

ditches

.

'

'

It

would

take

more

than

a

few

days

,

or

weeks

,

or

years

,

of

wandering

in

the

Wild

to

make

you

look

like

Strider

,

'

he

answered

.

'

And

you

would

die

first

,

unless

you

are

made

of

sterner

stuff

than

you

look

to

be

.

'

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Pippin

subsided

;

but

Sam

was

not

daunted

,

and

he

still

eyed

Strider

dubiously

.

'

How

do

we

know

you

are

the

Strider

that

Gandalf

speaks

about

?

'

he

demanded

.

'

You

never

mentioned

Gandalf

,

till

this

letter

came

out

.

You

might

be

a

play-acting

spy

,

for

all

I

can

see

,

trying

to

get

us

to

go

with

you

.

You

might

have

done

in

the

real

Strider

and

took

his

clothes

.

What

have

you

to

say

to

that

?

'

'

That

you

are

a

stout

fellow

,

'

answered

Strider

;

'

but

I

am

afraid

my

only

answer

to

you

,

Sam

Gamgee

,

is

this

.

If

I

had

killed

the

real

Strider

,

I

could

kill

you

.

And

I

should

have

killed

you

already

without

so

much

talk

.

If

I

was

after

the

Ring

,

I

could

have

it

--

now

!

'

He

stood

up

,

and

seemed

suddenly

to

grow

taller

.

In

his

eyes

gleamed

a

light

,

keen

and

commanding

.

Throwing

back

his

cloak

,

he

laid

his

hand

on

the

hilt

of

a

sword

that

had

hung

concealed

by

his

side

.

They

did

not

dare

to

move

.

Sam

sat

wide-mouthed

staring

at

him

dumbly

.

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