Indeed, Lyta... but I find myself wondering what Sam WOULD have done if Frodo had sent him away in a Ring-possessed fit. <P>The only time that I can bring to mind that Sam **ever** outright disobeyed Frodo was on the riverbanks of the Anduin when Frodo told him to turn back, and Sam would not.<P>If Frodo threatened Sam with Sting, and ordered him to go away, what would Sam do?<P>Stand fast, ready to die before he would leave?<P>Argue as best he could?<P>Turn and go home?<P>Pretended to leave, and then stalk Frodo from a distance hoping he'd change his mind?<P>I tend to think the latter, from someplace early on when he said he'd follow Frodo, which I can't place right now (FotR, maybe). Other opinions?
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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