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Originally Posted by Raynor
Yes, but that would have exposed that information to Saruman too. Why give him the benefit of his power?
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I was rather of the impression that the conversation was not one that others present would necessarily be able to hear.
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Originally Posted by Raynor
I don't think it has anything to do with Pippin; it was all down to Sauron's fancy.
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Under pressure from one of the most powerful beings in Middle-earth, Pippin could have blurted out everything he knew to make the eye and the voice go away. He did not.
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Originally Posted by Raynor
... if Sauron wanted him to reveal something, he would have said so, on the spot.
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Precisely. Given how important finding the Ring was to Sauron, don't you think that, if he did not believe this Hobbit to be the Ringbearer, he would have asked straight away about the Ring?