It's a dangerous business going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to, but:
"You can trust us to
stick to you through thick and thin--to the bitter end. And you can trust to
keep any secret of yours--closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot
trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your
friends, Frodo. Anyway: there it is. We know most of what Gandalf has told you.
We know a good deal about the Ring. We are horribly afraid-- but we are coming
with you; or following you like hounds."
