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Orual · 03-09-2003, 05:54 PM

I certainly thought that Arwen was speaking of Bilbo's death, basically saying that after this parting Frodo would never see him again. For the rest of the book, up to Grey Havens, I was expecting Frodo to receive the bad news. So, as has been said, I was pleasantly surprised when Bilbo was there at the Grey Havens.

But I do think that the double meaning was probably intentional. Maybe it was even a reminder that Bilbo would eventually die, and if I had payed more attention to it then I would've been spared some of the confusion that I faced. (I was so sure that Bilbo and Frodo didn't die, but have since learned better.)

Or maybe it was just a "made you look!" Ha ha, you thought Bilbo was dying. Silly reader.

~*~Orual~*~

03-09-2003, 05:54 PM	#9
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	I certainly thought that Arwen was speaking of Bilbo's death, basically saying that after this parting Frodo would never see him again. For the rest of the book, up to Grey Havens, I was expecting Frodo to receive the bad news. So, as has been said, I was pleasantly surprised when Bilbo was there at the Grey Havens. But I do think that the double meaning was probably intentional. Maybe it was even a reminder that Bilbo would eventually die, and if I had payed more attention to it then I would've been spared some of the confusion that I faced. (I was so sure that Bilbo and Frodo didn't die, but have since learned better.) Or maybe it was just a "made you look!" Ha ha, you thought Bilbo was dying. Silly reader. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"