I can just imagine this visit with its sense of bitter-sweetness. There is always the feeling that things you remember should remain unchanged - even when you recognise the changes as good.

I think it was probably for the best that Aragorn remained unrecognised, but there must have been that little part of him, as his friends suggested, that would have liked it.

Yes - the deeds of these three cast long shadows and, in its way, so did Bree itself.