[Bear_in_RoseBear]

And Sam, better than the others, guessed his masters heart.

Has anyone else noticed that even though Frodo keeps his thoughts to himself, everyone else always seems to know just what it is he's thinking? First in "A Conspiracy Unmasked", and now here. I'm not sure what JRRT was trying to say about Frodo, but in my mind it tends to diminish Frodo just a bit.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh I don't think it diminishes him at all! It shows how close his friendships are, and how intuitive friends are when they are that close. I have a couple long time friends that I can read, as I assume they can read me.

[Sam Cree]

"tends to diminish Frodo just a bit. "

I also don't see it as diminishing him. I don't think they read him because he's shallow or anything, they can read him because they know his heart is true. IMHO :-)