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removed was the disappearance of Odo, and it may be that this is what he
was referring to. It is clear from the first line of this text that the 'third
phase' story of Odo was present.

Ring Wraiths. They will get (no P new?) horses (in time ?). Odo's
capturing explained.
Ring offered to Elrond. He refuses. 'It is a peril to all posses-
sors: more to myself than all others. It is fate that the hobbits
should rid the world of it.'
'What will then become of the other rings?' 'They will lose their
power. But we must sacrifice that power in order to destroy the
Lord. As long as anyone in the world holds the Ruling Ring there
is a chance for him to get it back again. Two things can be done.
We can send it West, or we can destroy it. If we had sent it West
long ago that would have been well enough. But now the power of
the Lord is grown too great, and he is fully awake. It would be too


perilous - and his war would come over the Shire and destroy the
Havens.'(10) [In the margin is written Radagast.]
They decide that the Ring must be taken to the Fiery Mountain.
How? - it can hardly be reached except by passing over the
borders of the Land of Mordor. Bilbo? No - 'It would kill me now.
My years are stretched, and I shall live some time yet. But I have
no longer strength for the Ring.'
Frodo volunteers to go.
Who shall go with him? Gandalf. Trotter. Sam. Odo. Folco.
Merry. (7) Glorfindel and Frar [written beneath: Burin] son
of Balin.
South along mountains. Over the Red Pass down the Red way to
the Great River.
'Beware!' said Gandalf 'of the Giant Treebeard, who haunts
the Forest between the River and the South Mts.' Fangorn?
After a time of rest they set out. Bilbo bids farewell; gives him
Sting and his armour. The others are armed.
Snow storm.
The reverse of the page, while not continuous with the first side, was
certainly written at the same time, and is again in ink over faint pencil:

First he was asked to give as complete an account of the journey
as possible. The story of their dealings with Tom Bombadil
seemed to interest Elrond and Gandalf most.
Much that was said was now known already to Frodo. Gandalf
spoke long, making clear to all the history of the Ring, and the
reason why the Dark Lord so greatly desired it. 'For not only does
he desire to discover and control the lost rings, those of the Elves
and dwarves - but without the Ring he is still shorn of much
power. He put into that Ring much of his own power, and without
it is weaker than of old [and obliged to lean more on servants]. Of
old he could guess or half see what were the hidden purposes of the