There is still hope.

“Leave him! I said. I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Mo…”

“It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest th…”

“Step onto the road and there’s no telling where you might be swept off to.”

“Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured," said Gandalf."I fear …”