Tolkien’s Single Greatest Aragorn Line Was Quietly Erased from the Lord of the Rings Movies

In Peter Jackson’s film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn quickly pulled Frodo aside, spoke to him briefly, and then hurried him to safety just before the Nazgûl appeared. However, in the book, during the chapter “At the Sign of the Prancing Pony,” Aragorn has a more extended conversation with the four hobbits, and within that conversation is a subtle line that reveals a sad part of his personality.





