"Nay!" said Legolas. "Sauron does not use the Elf-runes."

"Except when writing on Rings," he added after glancing back a few chapters.

"Nor does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or spoken," said Aragorn. "Except by the Mouth of Sauron," he added after glancing ahead a few chapters.

"Here's our collector of information," said Merry.
"And he collected a lot, I can tell you, before he was
finally caught. After that, I may say, he seemed to
regard himself as on parole, and dried up."

"Sam!" cried Frodo, feeling that amazement could go no
further. "But the conversation he was 'finally caught'
listening to was the very first one that Gandalf and I
had about my journey."

"Well, he communicated with us telepathically as he
listened," Merry explained. "Until he was caught."

"Telepathically?" Frodo said, feeling both amused and
foolish. "Well, there is a lot more to Sam Gamgee than
meets the eye."

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