Grey Wonderer · 22 March 2004 · Chapter 2: Chapter 2
Loved Pippin's note in the waste basket! Also thought it was very touching that Frodo wanted to tell the Gaffer of Sam's bravery. This is all very good.
Author's reply
Originally, I had Pippin actually leave the note; but the more I thought about it the more I realized he wouldn't really want to leave it. In these two stories I was trying to show ways in which the three cousins and Sam are connected to one another, even when they are not together.