It seemed to him a certainty that she would bring hope, and inspire it in others.

Her question took him by surprise. Offer him? Frodo looked taken aback by the very question; one of the very fairest of the Fair Folk, asking what she could offer a hobbit of the Shire? The request itself might have stunned Samwise out of all words, and Frodo took a long moment to think it over.

"I do not know what a hobbit of the Shire could ask of you," Frodo replied. "But yes, it is very new, and little of it familiar at all. If there is anything you have found or think would be good to know, I would be grateful for that much."