Aragorn's Dilemma

[The Barrow-Wight]

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Re: Aragorn's Dilemma

Aragorn was torn between seeking Sam and Frodo, who he knew were alive and (for the moment) unhindered, or pursuing the captors of Pippin and Merry, who were sure to kill the two young hobbits.

As far as the four hobbits concerned, pursing the latter pair was the obvious choice. But when
you consider the Quest, Aragorn had a much tougher descision. Were the lives of two hobbits more important than the Quest?

Remember, Aragorn's heart spoke clearly to him that the fate of the bearer was no longer in his hands. And in Middle-Earth, such intuition is often more than feeling from within. There is a great chance that, even as Gandalf spoke to Frodo on the Seat of Seeing, the wizard may have projected his thoughts on the matter towards the mind of Aragorn. Or even more likely, that ever-present but seldom-seen 'greater force' might have had a hand in the words of Aragorn's heart.

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