this 'New Plot' is a series of notes on unconnected topics.
(1) Some mention of Bill Ferney's pony. Does this remain at Rivendell? [The question is answered 'Yes'.]
(2) Real name of Trotter? [Pencilled against this: 'Aragorn'. See $$ 2,4.)
(3) Elrond should tell more of Gilgalad?
(4) New name of Dimrilldale (now transferred to South). River Hoarwell flowing out of ? Hoardale. Nen fimred. Wolfdale
[written above: Entishdale]. The region west of the Misty Mountains north of Rivendell is called the Entishlands - home of Trolls.(14)
(5) Gandalf says Tom Bombadil never leaves his own ground.
How then known to Butterbur? Tom's boundaries are from Bree to High Hay?(15) [Against the words 'How then known to Butterbur?' my father pencilled 'Not'.]
(6) Trotter is a Ranger - descendant of Elendil? - he is known to Bilbo, and Gandalf. He has previously been to Mordor and been tormented (caught in Moria). Gandalf brought him back towards borders of Shire in April. It was a message from Trotter that fetched Gandalf away in summer before Frodo left.
(7) Note Frodo's red sword is broken. Hence he accepts Sting.'
A final note was added in pencil: '(8) Not Barnabas Butterbur.' - In the remarks about Trotter here the only point that has not appeared in notes already given is that Trotter was captured in Moria: cf. the original story of the Council of Elrond (VI.401): 'Trotter had tracked Gollum as he wandered southwards, through Fangorn Forest, and past the Dead Marshes, until he had himself been caught and imprisoned by the Dark Lord.' It is seen here that the story of Trotter's capture and torturing survived his change from hobbit to man.
Since Trotter's real name is not yet known these notes evidently preceded those in $2 and $4; but no doubt they all come from the same time.
(6) Time-schemes. In this section I attempt to present four chronologies of Gandalf's movements, which I label A, B, C, D. A is the conclusion of the 'New Plot' given in $4 above, and was probably the first to be set down. The schemes vary among themselves, each one giving slightly different chronologies; and it is hard to be sure to what extent the story differed in each, since my father was more explicit and less explicit at different points in the different schemes. They were working chronologies, much confused by alternatives and additions, and they cannot be usefully reproduced as they stand, but in the table on p. 12 I set out comparatively the (final) dates in each, with statements in the original wording or closely based on it. The dates of Frodo's journey from Hobbiton to Weathertop remain of course unchanged, but I repeat them here for convenience:
Thurs. Sept. 22. Frodo's party
Fri. 23. Frodo and his friends leave Hobbiton
Sat. 24. Night with the Elves
Sun. 25. Farmer Maggot; reach Crickhollow
Mon. 26. Old Forest; first night with Bombadil Tues. 27. Second night with Bombadil.
Wed. 28. Leave Bombadil; Barrow-downs.
Thurs. 29. Reach Bree.
Fri. 30. Leave Bree; in Chetwood.
Sat. Oct. 1. In Chetwood.
Sun. 2. In the Midgewater Marshes.
Mon. 3. Second day in the Marshes.
Tues. 4. Camp by stream under alders.
Wed. 5. Camp at feet of the hills.
Thurs. 6. Reach Weathertop; attack at night.
Notes on the Time-schemes (table on p. 12).
The relative chronology of Gandalf's movements is much the same in all four, though the actual dates differ; but in C he takes longer from Hobbiton to Crickhollow, and in D he takes a day less from Bree to Weathertop. In A and B the date of Gandalf s escape from the Tower was first given as 24 September, the night that Frodo and his companions passed with the Elves in the Woody End, and in B there is a suggestion, struck out, that Frodo 'dreamt his dream at night with the Elves'; as is seen from the other schemes, he dreamed of Gandalf in the Western Tower. In C it is said that Frodo dreamt of the Tower when 'with the Elves near Woodhall', but against this my father wrote: 'No - at Crickhollow'; he also
(1) Some mention of Bill Ferney's pony. Does this remain at Rivendell? [The question is answered 'Yes'.]
(2) Real name of Trotter? [Pencilled against this: 'Aragorn'. See $$ 2,4.)
(3) Elrond should tell more of Gilgalad?
(4) New name of Dimrilldale (now transferred to South). River Hoarwell flowing out of ? Hoardale. Nen fimred. Wolfdale
[written above: Entishdale]. The region west of the Misty Mountains north of Rivendell is called the Entishlands - home of Trolls.(14)
(5) Gandalf says Tom Bombadil never leaves his own ground.
How then known to Butterbur? Tom's boundaries are from Bree to High Hay?(15) [Against the words 'How then known to Butterbur?' my father pencilled 'Not'.]
(6) Trotter is a Ranger - descendant of Elendil? - he is known to Bilbo, and Gandalf. He has previously been to Mordor and been tormented (caught in Moria). Gandalf brought him back towards borders of Shire in April. It was a message from Trotter that fetched Gandalf away in summer before Frodo left.
(7) Note Frodo's red sword is broken. Hence he accepts Sting.'
A final note was added in pencil: '(8) Not Barnabas Butterbur.' - In the remarks about Trotter here the only point that has not appeared in notes already given is that Trotter was captured in Moria: cf. the original story of the Council of Elrond (VI.401): 'Trotter had tracked Gollum as he wandered southwards, through Fangorn Forest, and past the Dead Marshes, until he had himself been caught and imprisoned by the Dark Lord.' It is seen here that the story of Trotter's capture and torturing survived his change from hobbit to man.
Since Trotter's real name is not yet known these notes evidently preceded those in $2 and $4; but no doubt they all come from the same time.
(6) Time-schemes. In this section I attempt to present four chronologies of Gandalf's movements, which I label A, B, C, D. A is the conclusion of the 'New Plot' given in $4 above, and was probably the first to be set down. The schemes vary among themselves, each one giving slightly different chronologies; and it is hard to be sure to what extent the story differed in each, since my father was more explicit and less explicit at different points in the different schemes. They were working chronologies, much confused by alternatives and additions, and they cannot be usefully reproduced as they stand, but in the table on p. 12 I set out comparatively the (final) dates in each, with statements in the original wording or closely based on it. The dates of Frodo's journey from Hobbiton to Weathertop remain of course unchanged, but I repeat them here for convenience:
Thurs. Sept. 22. Frodo's party
Fri. 23. Frodo and his friends leave Hobbiton
Sat. 24. Night with the Elves
Sun. 25. Farmer Maggot; reach Crickhollow
Mon. 26. Old Forest; first night with Bombadil Tues. 27. Second night with Bombadil.
Wed. 28. Leave Bombadil; Barrow-downs.
Thurs. 29. Reach Bree.
Fri. 30. Leave Bree; in Chetwood.
Sat. Oct. 1. In Chetwood.
Sun. 2. In the Midgewater Marshes.
Mon. 3. Second day in the Marshes.
Tues. 4. Camp by stream under alders.
Wed. 5. Camp at feet of the hills.
Thurs. 6. Reach Weathertop; attack at night.
Notes on the Time-schemes (table on p. 12).
The relative chronology of Gandalf's movements is much the same in all four, though the actual dates differ; but in C he takes longer from Hobbiton to Crickhollow, and in D he takes a day less from Bree to Weathertop. In A and B the date of Gandalf s escape from the Tower was first given as 24 September, the night that Frodo and his companions passed with the Elves in the Woody End, and in B there is a suggestion, struck out, that Frodo 'dreamt his dream at night with the Elves'; as is seen from the other schemes, he dreamed of Gandalf in the Western Tower. In C it is said that Frodo dreamt of the Tower when 'with the Elves near Woodhall', but against this my father wrote: 'No - at Crickhollow'; he also
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