Passage from the text:
"'I am sorry,' said Gandalf. 'Poor Bill has been a useful companion, and it goes to my heart to turn him adrift now. I would have traveled lighter and brought no animal, least of all this one that Sam is fond of, if I had had my way. I feared all along what we should be obliged to take this road.'"
Pg#: 294
Commentary: [Reflect]
Gandalf is sure to make clear that "the animal is not coming with us." Like a father that tells his children that the dog cannot come on the road trip, Gandalf tells the hobbits and company that Bill the llama cannot accompany them. The very fact that the pack-mule must be abandoned indicates a change in the dynamic of the story. The road ahead of them is too perilous and narrow for just anyone to come along. At the same time, I'm almost certain that Bill will pop up latter in the trilogy- he can't not- Sam loves the beast with much familiarity and it'll make for a cute Kodak moment for when things get slow on the journey ahead.
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