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No Clear Purpose
"Merry?""...Yes, Pip?"
"I can't sleep. I can't stop thinking."
"What about?"
"Well – all this business of which way we're going to go. It seemed quite simple until I thought about all the dreadful things that have happened. I mean, would we have come on the Quest if we'd known in Rivendell what we know now? And will we look back, some days ahead, and wonder if we would make the same choice if we knew now what we'll know then?"
"...I don't know. Leave the thinking to Frodo would you, dearest? We both might get some sleep that way."