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A Long-expected Party

           BilboandFrodohappenedtohavethesamebirthday,September22nd. ’Youhadbettercomeandlivehere,Frodomylad,’saidBilbooneday; ’andthenwecancelebrateourbirthday-partiescomfortablytogether.’ AtthattimeFrodowasstillinhistweens,asthehobbitscalledtheirresponsibletwentiesbetweenchildhoodandcomingofageatthirty-three. 

           Twelvemoreyearspassed.EachyeartheBagginseshadgivenverylivelycombinedbirthday-partiesatBagEnd; butnowitwasunderstoodthatsomethingquiteexceptionalwasbeingplannedforthatautumn. Bilbowasgoingtobeeleventy-one,111, arathercuriousnumberandaveryrespectableageforahobbit (theOldTookhimselfhadonlyreached130); andFrodowasgoingtobethirty-three,33) animportantnumber:thedateofhis’comingofage’. 

           TonguesbegantowaginHobbitonandBywater;andrumourofthecomingeventtravelledallovertheShire. ThehistoryandcharacterofMr.BilboBagginsbecameonceagainthechieftopicofconversation; andtheolderfolksuddenlyfoundtheirreminiscencesinwelcomedemand. 

           NoonehadamoreattentiveaudiencethanoldHamGamgee,commonlyknownastheGaffer. HeheldforthatTheIvyBush,asmallinnontheBywaterroad; andhespokewithsomeauthority,forhehadtendedthegardenatBagEndforfortyyears, andhadhelpedoldHolmaninthesamejobbeforethat. Nowthathewashimselfgrowingoldandstiffinthejoints, thejobwasmainlycarriedonbyhisyoungestson,SamGamgee. BothfatherandsonwereonveryfriendlytermswithBilboandFrodo. TheylivedontheHillitself,inNumber3BagshotRowjustbelowBagEnd. 

           ’Averynicewell-spokengentlehobbitisMr.Bilbo,asI’vealwayssaid,’ theGafferdeclared. 

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