I too believe that Gandalf would not have accompanied the hobbits all the way to Orodruin, nor do I believe any member of any other race would have done so. What Tolkien's purpose was all along, and what Gandalf hinted at, was that it was the Little People, specifically Frodo, who were meant to see this quest to its fulfilment or its fruitless end.
Doug*platypus, that is quite an ominous number of posts! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
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