"But you won't send him off alone, surely, Master?" cried Sam, unable
to contain himself any longer.
"No indeed!" said Elrond, turning towards him with a smile. "You at least shall go
with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned
to a secret council and you are not."
Sam sat down, blushing and muttering. "A nice pickle we have landed ourselves in,
Mr. Frodo!"
~ JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring ~
