Whenever two enemies fight among themselves like that, it almost always turns out good for the "good guys." In their little "dueling," both Sauron and Gollum didn't realize that they had bought Frodo and the Ring enough time to escape. Gollum's very reason to exist was the Ring, and he knew that Sauron wanted it. Naturally, he wouldn't let that happen. Sauron, on the other hand, probably detested the "filthy little creature," but knew that he would have to listen to him, to get the information that he wanted. Gollum also knew that, and that was why he misled Sauron.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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