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   Bill O'Meally  wrote in   
   news:2014092618362593508-omeallymdatgeemaildotcom@news.giganews.com   
   :   
      
   > On 2014-09-26 11:47:31 +0000, Lewis said:   
   >   
   >> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Bill O'Meally  was   
   >> all, like:   
   >>   
   >>> Gandalf tells Frodo in 'Shadow of the Past' that Sauron had   
   >>> suspected the Elves destroyed the One Ring, which seems absurd   
   >>> to me. How would Gandalf know this, or even think this? And   
   >>> certainly Sauron would have been the first to know.   
   >>   
   >> If it was destroyed when Sauron was in a weakened state, he may   
   >> not have noticed.   
   >   
   > But when he was able to reincarnate he must have realized it was   
   > not destroyed.   
      
   Or he might have concluded that the effects of the Ring's destruction   
   on him weren't as severe as he had feared.   
      
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