Neither Pippin nor Merry received the title, at least so far as we're told. Sam's later honors seem to parallel thirs more: they become Thain and Master, he becomes Mayor, and all 3 offices are made Councillors of the North-Kingdom; Merry and Pippin are knights of the Mark and Gondor, Sam becomes a knight of Arnor.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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