Ah, but how long would Saruman's decision to go over, take? A moment, because there would have been a point of saying yes, finallly & incontrovertably. And if Frodo hadn't been saved by providence, how long would he have taken to fall,, & imagining for a moment that he hadn't been taken, how bad would his behaviour have become? For me, Frodo sees in Saruman a kindred spirit. Frodo knows what that surrender was like. Frodo in his moment of claiming the Ring committed himself just as totally as Saruman did. Frodo began to find a way back, & offered one to Saruman, who wouldn't, or couldn't take it. Its like Illuvatar makes use of Frodo's fall to give Saruman one last chance to repent.
Oh, I've done a 'book report' - if you ever finish it you may wish you'd never asked [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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