Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.

Pippin subsided; but Sam was not daunted, and he still eyed Strider dubiously. "How do we know you are the Strider that Gandalf speaks about?" he demanded. "You never mentioned Gandalf, till this letter came out. You might be a play-acting spy, for all I can see, trying to get us to go with you. You might have done in the real Strider and took his clothes. What have you to say to that?"

What do the words "Sam was not daunted" mean in the excerpt?

a) Sam was frightened.
b) Sam was discouraged.
c) Sam was amused.
d) Sam was intrigued.