Lindariel -- you are correct, of course. It was Gandalf whose voice Frodo hears when he is wearing the Ring. Whether Gandalf was in a tall flet in Lothlorien, or recovering on the Peak above Moria is in question.
I swear I heard that said my first viewing of The Fellowship, but never heard it a second time!
When I was writing the essay, I started off with everyone's choices on that fateful day, but it suddenly struck me that the 'what if's were innumerable!
I'm glad you all enjoyed my writing!
Middle-earth Journeys
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door…You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.