The Ring has definitely gone South this morning at dusk. After two months of resting, discussing and planning, the Fellowship of the Ring has left Rivendell to accompany Frodo on his quest to destroy the Ring. The narrator tells us that they left on a day towards the end of December, but the chronology in the appendices tells us that it was won on December 25th, that is, on Christmas Day. No accident, certainly, as it is no accident that the destruction took place exactly three months later, on March 25th.
Wow! Sorry I had to stop. I'm typing with the news on the background and I was listening to an item of news about a centre for seriously ill children in Tenerife and a concert devoted to collecting funds. Guess the music the orchestra was playing. Yes! The soundtrack from The Lord of the Rings; "The Fellowship of the Ring" theme. Amazing!
