They turned and walked side by side slowly along the line of the river. … As they walked they compared notes, talking lightly in hobbit-fashion of the things that had happened since their capture. No listener would have guessed from their words that they had suffered cruelly, and been in dire peril; going without hope toward torment and death; or that even now, as they knew well, they had little chance of ever finding friend or safety again.
“You seem to have been doing well, Master Took,” said Merry. “You will get almost a chapter in old Bilbo’s book, if ever I get a chance to report to him.”
This part always makes me laugh in delight when I read it. I think too often people write off other people for being “soft” because they’ve never faced any hardship. Sometimes, when those people are put to the test, they are tougher than anyone ever could imagine. Yet another reason I love hobbits.
~Lisa Shafter
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