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The logical construction or the illogical one.
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I am glad you are finally admitting being wrong
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Had he believed Pippin not to be the Ringbearer, then surely his only interest in him would have been his information value. Yet Gandalf believed that he wanted this Hobbit urgently, was obsessed with this Hobbit, and not just for information.
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Ok. What do you think about my argument that he also didn't want others to access that information? His warning to Saruman seems to follow that line. And perhaps this has been argued before, but I don't think he would refer to the most powerful object on Middle Earth as a dainty.
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Had Sauron realised that Pippin was not the Ringbearer, he would have questioned him there and then as to the location and situation of the Ringebearer.
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Yes, but that would have exposed that information to Saruman too. Why give him the benefit of his power?
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And just to stick up for Pippin for a moment, it is to his credit that he did not spill the beans there and then to Sauron. Knowing that Sauron wanted the Ring, and being subject to the will of Sauron during the encounter, he did pretty well to avoid doing so.
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I don't think it has anything to do with Pippin; it was all down to Sauron's fancy. Pippin lost all control on what to say or not; if Sauron wanted him to reveal something, he would have said so, on the spot.