Sam watches Frodo volunteer to take the Ring to Mordor.
And we all knew this was a time for action.
Who would go? Aye, that's why they'd been talking all morning. And still they asked. Elves, dwarves, that one man -- and Bilbo, volunteering to go all on his own? That's foolishness; he's too old.
"I shall take the ring."
On your feet, Sam-lad! "Not alone," I declare. "Not without me."