[HairOfTheDog]

At any rate, we don't know yet what they are really up to, but we may get more information later... I don't recall... and doesn't either Ferny or the Souherner end up being spotted in The Shire during the scouring? - We shall see!

[fire and forget]

I can answer that, having recently re-read TROTK, but apparently the purpose here is to only address those sections of the books immediately at issue. Otherwise I suppose we would constantly be all over the map.

Thanks again for the threads. A nice tribute to Tolkien's memory.