@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 Nov. 1, 2021, 7:07 a.m. No.14899125   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9132 >>9249

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final words. I suppose you feel that everything has gone off

splendidly and according to plan?’

‘Yes, I do,’ said Bilbo. ‘Though that flash was surprising:

it quite startled me, let alone the others. A little addition of

your own, I suppose?’

‘It was. You have wisely kept that ring secret all these years,

and it seemed to me necessary to give your guests something

else that would seem to explain your sudden vanishment.’

‘And would spoil my joke. You are an interfering old busy-

body,’ laughed Bilbo, ‘but I expect you know best, as usual.’

‘I do – when I know anything. But I don’t feel too sure

about this whole affair. It has now come to the final point.

 

You have had your joke, and alarmed or offended most of

 

your relations, and given the whole Shire something to talk

about for nine days, or ninety-nine more likely. Are you going

 

any further?’

‘Yes, I am. I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as

I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday: I don’t

 

expect I shall return. In fact, I don’t mean to, and I have

 

made all arrangements.

‘I am old, Gandalf. I don’t look it, but I am beginning

to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed!’ he

snorted. ‘Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know

what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much

 

bread. That can’t be right. I need a change, or something.’

Gandalf looked curiously and closely at him. ‘No, it does

not seem right,’ he said thoughtfully. ‘No, after all I believe

 

your plan is probably the best.’

‘Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see moun-

tains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere

where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives

prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging

 

on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my

 

book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived

happily ever after to the end of his days.’

Gandalf laughed. ‘I hope he will. But nobody will read the

book, however it ends.’

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@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 Nov. 1, 2021, 7:19 a.m. No.14899183   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9190 >>9249

‘Oh, they may, in years to come. Frodo has read some

already, as far as it has gone. You’ll keep an eye on Frodo,

won’t you?’

‘Yes, I will – two eyes, as often as I can spare them.’

 

‘He would come with me, of course, if I asked him. In fact

he offered to once, just before the party. But he does not

 

really want to, yet. I want to see the wild country again before

I die, and the Mountains; but he is still in love with the

 

Shire, with woods and fields and little rivers. He ought to be

 

comfortable here. I am leaving everything to him, of course,

 

except a few oddments. I hope he will be happy, when he

 

gets used to being on his own. It’s time he was his own master

 

now.’

‘Everything?’ said Gandalf. ‘The ring as well? You agreed

to that, you remember.’

‘Well, er, yes, I suppose so,’ stammered Bilbo.

‘Where is it?’

 

‘In an envelope, if you must know,’ said Bilbo impatiently.

‘There on the mantelpiece. Well, no! Here it is in my

 

pocket!’ He hesitated. ‘Isn’t that odd now?’ he said softly

 

to himself. ‘Yet after all, why not? Why shouldn’t it stay

 

there?’

Gandalf looked again very hard at Bilbo, and there was a

gleam in his eyes. ‘I think, Bilbo,’ he said quietly, ‘I should

 

leave it behind. Don’t you want to?’

‘Well yes – and no. Now it comes to it, I don’t like parting

with it at all, I may say. And I don’t really see why I should.

 

Why do you want me to?’ he asked, and a curious change

 

came over his voice. It was sharp with suspicion and annoy-

 

ance. ‘You are always badgering me about my ring; but you

 

have never bothered me about the other things that I got on

 

my journey.’

‘No, but I had to badger you,’ said Gandalf. ‘I wanted the

truth. It was important. Magic rings are – well, magical; and

 

they are rare and curious. I was professionally interested in

 

your ring, you may say; and I still am. I should like to know

 

where it is, if you go wandering again. Also I think you have

@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 Nov. 1, 2021, 7:21 a.m. No.14899190   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9220 >>9229 >>9249

>>14899183

>>14899188

had it quite long enough. You won’t need it any more, Bilbo,

unless I am quite mistaken.’

Bilbo flushed, and there was an angry light in his eyes. His

kindly face grew hard. ‘Why not?’ he cried. ‘And what

business is it of yours, anyway, to know what I do with my

 

own things? It is my own. I found it. It came to me.’

‘Yes, yes,’ said Gandalf. ‘But there is no need to get angry.’

‘If I am it is your fault,’ said Bilbo. ‘It is mine, I tell you.

My own. My Precious. Yes, my Precious.’

The wizard’s face remained grave and attentive, and only

a flicker in his deep eyes showed that he was startled and

 

indeed alarmed. ‘It has been called that before,’ he said, ‘but

 

not by you.’

‘But I say it now. And why not? Even if Gollum said the

same once. It’s not his now, but mine. And I shall keep it, I

say.’

Gandalf stood up. He spoke sternly. ‘You will be a fool if

you do, Bilbo,’ he said. ‘You make that clearer with every

 

word you say. It has got far too much hold on you. Let it go!

 

And then you can go yourself, and be free.’

‘I’ll do as I choose and go as I please,’ said Bilbo obstinately.

 

‘Now, now, my dear hobbit!’ said Gandalf. ‘All your long

life we have been friends, and you owe me something. Come!

 

Do as you promised: give it up!’

‘Well, if you want my ring yourself, say so!’ cried Bilbo.

‘But you won’t get it. I won’t give my Precious away, I tell

 

you.’ His hand strayed to the hilt of his small sword.

Gandalf ’s eyes flashed. ‘It will be my turn to get angry

soon,’ he said. ‘If you say that again, I shall. Then you will

 

see Gandalf the Grey uncloaked.’ He took a step towards the

 

hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow

 

filled the little room.

Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

he began to tremble.

@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 Nov. 1, 2021, 7:25 a.m. No.14899220   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9249

>>14899190

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 jew unleash musical toilet of mavet underworld Nov. 1, 2021, 7:26 a.m. No.14899227   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9249

>>14899221

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899219

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899218

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899217

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899216

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899215

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899214

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899213

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

>>14899212

>Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand

 

>clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one

 

>another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf ’s eyes

 

>remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and

 

>he began to tremble.

@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 Nov. 1, 2021, 7:27 a.m. No.14899229   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>14899190

>And then you can go yourself, and be free.’

 

>‘I’ll do as I choose and go as I please,’ said Bilbo obstinately.

 

>‘Now, now, my dear hobbit!’ said Gandalf. ‘All your long

 

>life we have been friends, and you owe me something. Come!

 

>Do as you promised: give it up!’

 

>‘Well, if you want my ring yourself, say so!’ cried Bilbo.

 

>‘But you won’t get it. I won’t give my Precious away, I tell

 

>you.’ His hand strayed to the hilt of his small sword.

@$$apple UP+date ID: 6da777 Nov. 1, 2021, 7:33 a.m. No.14899249   🗄️.is 🔗kun

‘I don’t know what has come over you, Gandalf,’ he said. >>14899125

 

‘You have never been like this before. What is it all about? It

is mine isn’t it? I found it, and Gollum would have killed me, >>14899165

 

if I hadn’t kept it. I’m not a thief, whatever he said.’

‘I have never called you one,’ Gandalf answered. ‘And I

am not one either. I am not trying to rob you, but to help >>14899155

 

you. I wish you would trust me, as you used.’ He turned

away, and the shadow passed. He seemed to dwindle again >>14899174

 

to an old grey man, bent and troubled.

Bilbo drew his hand over his eyes. ‘I am sorry,’ he said.

‘But I felt so queer. And yet it would be a relief in a way not >>14899116

 

to be bothered with it any more. It has been so growing on >>14899196

 

my mind lately. Sometimes I have felt it was like an eye >>14899190

 

looking at me. And I am always wanting to put it on and

disappear, don’t you know; or wondering if it is safe, and >>14899188

 

pulling it out to make sure. I tried locking it up, but I found

 

I couldn’t rest without it in my pocket. I don’t know why. >>14899199

 

And I don’t seem able to make up my mind.’

‘Then trust mine,’ said Gandalf. ‘It is quite made up. Go

away and leave it behind. Stop possessing it. Give it to Frodo, >>14899183

 

and I will look after him.’

Bilbo stood for a moment tense and undecided. Presently

he sighed. ‘All right,’ he said with an effort. ‘I will.’ Then he >>14899113

 

shrugged his shoulders, and smiled rather ruefully. ‘After all >>14899204

 

that’s what this party business was all about, really: to give >>14899179

 

away lots of birthday-presents, and somehow make it easier

 

to give it away at the same time. It hasn’t made it any easier >>14899132

 

in the end, but it would be a pity to waste all my preparations. >>14899142

 

It would quite spoil the joke.’

‘Indeed it would take away the only point I ever saw in the

affair,’ said Gandalf.>>14899209

 

‘Very well,’ said Bilbo, ‘it goes to Frodo with all the rest.’

He drew a deep breath. ‘And now I really must be starting, >>14899107

 

or somebody else will catch me. I have said good-bye, and I >>14899099

 

couldn’t bear to do it all over again.’ He picked up his bag >>14899220

 

and moved to the door. >>14899211

 

‘You have still got the ring in your pocket,’ said the wizard. >>14899227