When Pippen and Merry met Gandalf the White
In Chapter IX of Book Three, Flotsam and Jetsom, Pippen and Merry encouter Gandalf the White, after having "seen" Gandalf the Grey fall with the Balrog in Moria. "Suddenly, a great horse came striding up, like a flash of silver. It was already dark, but I could see the rider's face clearly: it seemed to shine, and all his clothes were white. I just sat up, staring, with my mouth open. I tried to call out, but couldn't...'Gandalf!' I said at last but my voice was only a whisper....Then Gandalf came back to us, and he seemed relived, almost merry. He did say he was glad to us, then. 'But Gandalf,' I cried, 'where have you been? And have you seen the others? Wherever I have been, I am back,' he answered in true Gandalf manner." My questinon is why Merry and Pippen did not ask the three hunters about Gandalf's miraculous return and further, why didn't Pippen ask him about it en route to Minas Tirith. They seemed to have accepted it on face value. In this case Gandalf left it vague and the hobbits don't press him but I've always wondered if they speculated at all.