DarkRose, the envelope is only in the movie. In the book, Frodo keeps it on a chain in his pocket. Gandalf does hold the ring before throwing it into the fire and again after removing it. He then hands it to Frodo and does not touch it again as far as I know.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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