Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself?

From	Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws>
Newsgroups	alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien
Subject	Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself?
Date	2026-01-06 05:07 +0000
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In rec.arts.books.tolkien Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 21:40:16 -0000 (UTC), "O. Sharp" <ohh@panix.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> quotes and asks:
>>>>>       "'Yes,'said Frodo.'...now all is over.
>>>>>       I am glad you are here with me.Here at
>>>>>       the end of all things,Sam.'"
>>>>> 
>>>>>       "'I am glad that you are here with me,'
>>>>>       said Frodo.'Here at the end of all things,
>>>>>       Sam.'"
>>[...]
>>> 
>>> I do not have any pre-1966 "First Edition" copies,but my oldest
>>> Ballantine and HMCo Second Editions both have the discrepancy.
>>> 
>>> Did Hammond & Scull flag this in their work?
>>
>>The First Edition has the same discrepancy for "that", and Hammond and 
>>Scull's _Reader's Companion_ makes no note of it. In fact that line of 
>>Frodo's (or those lines, if you prefer) doesn't even rate a mention in 
>>_HoME IX_, even though it includes a reference to a plot outline where 
>>Frodo was still named "Bingo". I guess _nobody_ wanted to point it out 
>>before now.  :)
> 
> Or perhaps everybody else was sane enough to recognize that the two
> situations produced similar thoughts.

So you believe it was two different situations and lines
rather than the same line chronicled differently?

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    Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-03 19:32 +0000
      Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? "O. Sharp" <ohh@panix.com> - 2026-01-04 21:40 +0000
        Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-05 08:11 -0800
          Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-06 05:07 +0000
            Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-06 08:34 -0800
              Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-07 01:30 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-07 08:49 -0800
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Stephan Seitz <stse+usenet@rootsland.net> - 2026-01-07 18:01 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-08 08:31 -0800
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-12 02:43 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-01-12 08:19 -0800
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-02-22 00:14 +0000
                Re: Did Frodo Repeat Himself? Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-02-22 08:52 -0800

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