LotR -- Book 1 - Chapter 03 - Three Is Company

[Essex]

Fordim, re your earlier point

So it just occured to me: Middle-Earth is saved by the Gaffer!

I mooted this point on the 'The importance of Tolkien's Minor Characters' thread I raised a while back
http://www.forum.barrowdowns.com/sho...nor+characters

The way we can take one of a multitude of 'minor' characters from the story, and the plot totally changes, shows what an intricate and complex storyline Tolkien dreamt up. No gafffer, no Lord of the Rings (well 100 pages or so!)