Will not go now into the finer points of this chapter. Just want to throw this out - is no one else surprised that Frodo named his pony Strider? Naming pets after the great ones of this world I can understand, but naming them after your friends is just too odd not to point it out.
(On an unrelated note I clearly have been neglecting my BD posting duties too long, cause my fingers now automatically type
Stridor instead of Strider, when it used to be the other way around. Also not a great name for a pony.)