At the end of "Three is Company," Frodo is pressed by Gildor to take companions with him; at the start of this chapter, we discover the Elves were also pressuring Sam to do the same.
What about Pippin?
Pippin doesn't tell us whether or not the Elves said anything to him about continuing with Frodo, and he--still in Conspiracy As-Yet-Unmaksed mode--isn't necessarily going to, but is it possible that the Elves DID say something to him?
Three things seem possible:
1. The Elves said nothing to Pippin because, somehow, being Elves, they know that Frodo is leaving the Shire and they know Sam is his companion and they know that Pippin (as yet, as we know) is not. So they only talk to Frodo's known companion, to stay his companion. OR they don't say anything to Pippin because they discern the difference in character and relationship-to-Frodo between him and Sam.
2. The Elves *do* say something similar to Pippin, but Pippin keeps it under his hat because of the Conspiracy.
3. The Elves say something to Pippin about NOT going. This is the most unlikely of the three, given that he would have ample opportunity to think back on this regretfully after his blunder with the palantír, but it would be interestingly consistent with Elrond's advice in Rivendell to have discouraged the young (not-yet-of-age) hobbit from continuing on, and it would be even more likely that Pippin WOULDN'T mention it, both because of the Conspiracy and also later when the Conspiracy is unmasked.
Certainly, 1 or 2 seems more likely (I lean towards 2), but 3 makes good head-canon fanfic and fits Pippin's story.
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