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NotACat

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This week's session included mention of the very brief time during which Sam was the Conspiracy's Chief Investigator…but I wonder whether it might have been ever so slightly less brief than at first sight.

Sam is indeed speculating as to his grass-cutting activities the next day as he is walking home, but the text makes it very clear that Gandalf is quite literally knocking on Frodo's window during Sam's journey.

I wonder whether Gandalf's arrival was noticed by someone who took an interest and dashed off to warn the other Conspirators. Did Gandalf come via Buckland, thus alerting Merry first, or via Tuckborough and Pippin?

Either way, they would have had to dash to grab Sam, fill him in and recruit him to the cause, even if they didn't consult with their fellow Conspirators first! I wonder just how much time they had…
 
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