Hobbits are people too
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My question is,
Why did Aragorn not approach the company after seeing them from the hedge where they left Tom?
He obviously knows Bombadill by both looks and name since he said he was watching them take their leave of Tom.
If he knows Tom or even about him, and I don't doubt he does, he can hardly believe the company would be frauds (set to trap him). No doubt Tom would not be easily deceived by a fake company, and if Aragorn knows about Tom he must know this too.
So why does Aragorn let the moment pass him by, Tom could vouch for his identity to frodo and the rest.
Why wait until Bree?
"A lot of trouble would have been saved if you had let him in" - Aragorn
"Yes, but a loads more trouble would have been saved if you hadn't been birds nesting in a hedge" - Barliman
Why did Aragorn not approach the company after seeing them from the hedge where they left Tom?
He obviously knows Bombadill by both looks and name since he said he was watching them take their leave of Tom.
If he knows Tom or even about him, and I don't doubt he does, he can hardly believe the company would be frauds (set to trap him). No doubt Tom would not be easily deceived by a fake company, and if Aragorn knows about Tom he must know this too.
So why does Aragorn let the moment pass him by, Tom could vouch for his identity to frodo and the rest.
Why wait until Bree?
"A lot of trouble would have been saved if you had let him in" - Aragorn
"Yes, but a loads more trouble would have been saved if you hadn't been birds nesting in a hedge" - Barliman
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