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           PressingforwardbeforetheMaster’stabletheycried:

           "Theseareprisonersofourkingthathaveescaped,wanderingvagabonddwarvesthatcouldnotgiveanygoodaccountofthemselves,sneakingthroughthewoodsandmolestingourpeople!"

           "Isthistrue?"askedtheMaster.AsamatteroffacthethoughtitfarmorelikelythanthereturnoftheKingundertheMountain,ifanysuchpersonhadeverexisted.

           "ItistruethatwewerewrongfullywaylaidbytheElven-kingandimprisonedwithoutcauseaswejourneyedbacktoourownland,"answeredThorin."Butlocknorbarmayhinderthehomecomingspokenofold.NoristhistownintheWood-elves’realm.IspeaktotheMasterofthetownoftheMenofthelake,nottotheraft-menoftheking."

           ThentheMasterhesitatedandlookedfromonetotheother.TheElvenkingwasverypowerfulinthosepartsandtheMasterwishedfornoenmitywithhim,nordidhethinkmuchofoldsongs,givinghismindto.tradeandtolls,tocargoesandgold,towhichhabitheowedhisposition.Otherswereofdifferentmind,however,andquicklythematterwassettledwithouthim.Thenewshadspreadfromthedoorsofthehalllikefirethroughallthetown.Peoplewereshoutinginsidethehallandoutsideit.Thequayswerethrongedwithhurryingfeet.SomebegantosingsnatchesofoldsongsconcerningthereturnoftheKingundertheMountain;thatitwasThror’sgrandsonnotThrorhimselfthathadcomebackdidnotbotherthematall.Otherstookupthesonganditrolledloudandhighoverthelake.