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The Only Real Estel · 08-15-2003, 08:36 AM

I think Borimir stopped Frodo because of two reasons: <BR>*Frodo, being only a hobbit, couldn't have given any <I>real</I> help to Gandalf anyway with Gandalf being in the situation that he was.<BR>*The bridge was probably un-stable, & it was hardly worth chancing the life of the Ring-Bearer, & perhaps the last hope of destroying the Ring to let Frodo go running across the Bridge to Gandalf, only to have it crumble under his feet... .

08-15-2003, 08:36 AM	#4
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	I think Borimir stopped Frodo because of two reasons: <BR>Frodo, being only a hobbit, couldn't have given any <I>real</I> help to Gandalf anyway with Gandalf being in the situation that he was.<BR>The bridge was probably un-stable, & it was hardly worth chancing the life of the Ring-Bearer, & perhaps the last hope of destroying the Ring to let Frodo go running across the Bridge to Gandalf, only to have it crumble under his feet... .