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Originally Posted by The Might
Whilst constantly trying to prove me wrong, I don't see a lot of proof for you being right.
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I'm sorry that you're taking it that way. I'm considering your ideas but checking against what is known. I mean nothing personal, and note below where you show my thinking to be addled.
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Ok, so I admit the idea with the wraith was a bit stupid, but can you provide me with proof that Saruman had a good reason to run along, say "boo!" to the horses and run along again without using his voice on the travellers or questioning them.
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How about this, which is more of the quote that I had supplied earlier?
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Originally Posted by Gandalf the White
His <Saruman's> thought is ever on the Ring. Was it present in the battle? Was it found? What if Theoden, Lord of the Mark, should by it and learn of its power? That is the danger that he sees, and he has fled back to Isengard to double and treble his assault on Rohan
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As you say, we can speculate about that which is not clear, which is to me, "Why didn't Saruman think to question these Three that were so near the battle?" Good question, and we can think of reasonable answers.
That said, it was Saruman that appeared - no question, at least to me.
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He needed to know what had happened to the Ring, it was a question that was on his mind as seen in some of the quotes above, so why would he not try to find out something from these three guys, they were after all suspiciously close to the place the Orcs were defeated.
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Again, I think that he may have thought (we are talking about a literary character here
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I am sure Saruman had no idea the Ents would have revolted, you see that clearly in the book.
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You got me there; that wasn't well thought (and thank you for bringing it to my attention
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