[Tinker]

What<I>would</I> Sam have done? My own opinion is that he would have done everything Lyta suggest: Stand up,ready to die before leaving, arguing it as best he could. Eventually though, love of his master :::fishes a few minds from a nearby gutter and throws them back at their owners::: would prompt him to obey Mister Frodo. He'd turn and start to go home, in dejected shock, then shake it off, turn around, and follow Mister Frodo.<P>The shortened version? Well, the Lord of Angmar already suggested it. Argue as best he could, than pretend to leave.<P>That's what we want to happen. And isn't that what happens after all? <P>Frodo: Go home Sam.<P>Sam: (shocked, stands where he is and makes various arguments in voice drowning in tears) But, he's a liar...you dun mean that...<P>Frodo: (turns and walks away..or walks up...He walks...or is it climbs...whatever.)<P>Sam: (sits down and cries)<P>Me: (clenches hand rests on theatre seat) That's it, someone grab Frodo by that cloak of his and drag him off those stairs so's I can slap some sense into him.<P>Then, Sam starts to leave, falls. And comes to his senses, in both meanings of the term, gets up and follows/stalks Mister Frodo.<P>The line from the End of Two Towers comes to mind, when Sam realizes his master's not dead and goes running after him. He grumbles "Never leave your master. Never, never. That was my right rule " (and some other stuff I can't remember). Sam climbing down that ladder in a mountain (steps, HA, that's a ladder and no mistake)always brings that quote to mind. <P>This post is off-topic huh? I'm sorry, I just had to say it. I'll be good now.