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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:03:13 -0400, Chris Hoelscher wrote:   
   >   
   > in Three's Company - when Frodo touches the ring's chain (but not the ring   
   > itself), the Rider, who had been sniffing/searching, sits up and leaves   
   >   
   > was this coincidence?   
   > did the mere fact of Frodo touching the chain frighten the ringwraith?   
   > confuse him, alert him enough to get backup? or merely to confirm that Frodo   
   > was on the move?   
   >   
   > i never knew what to make of this passage ...   
      
   I always thought it was the approach of Gildor's company of Elves   
   that frightened him off, but re-reading the passage now I see that   
   they must have been a long way off at the time of this incident.   
      
   Perhaps the Rider was summoned by another Rider? "The Hunt for the   
   Ring" might tell us, but I don't have /Unfinished Tales/ handy just   
   now.   
      
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