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Heguessedfromtheponies,andfromthetracesofthecampshehaddiscovered,thatmenhadcomeupfromtheriverandthelakeandhadscaledthemountain-sidefromthevalleywheretheponieshadbeenstanding;butthedoorwithstoodhissearchingeye,andthelittlehigh-walledbayhadkeptouthisfiercestflames.Longhehadhuntedinvaintillthedawnchilledhiswrathandhewentbacktohisgoldencouchtosleep-andtogathernewstrength.
Hewouldnotforgetorforgivethetheft,notifathousandyearsturnedhimtosmoulderingstone,buthecouldaffordtowait.Slowandsilenthecreptbacktohislairandhalfclosedhiseyes.
Whenmorningcametheterrorofthedwarvesgrewless.Theyrealizedthatdangersofthiskindwereinevitableindealingwithsuchaguardian,andthatitwasnogoodgivinguptheirquestyet.Norcouldtheygetawayjustnow,asThorinhadpointedout.Theirponieswerelostorkilled,andtheywouldhavetowaitsometimebeforeSmaugrelaxedhiswatchsufficientlyforthemtodarethelongwayonfoot.Luckilytheyhadsavedenoughoftheirstorestolastthemstillforsometime.
Theydebatedlongonwhatwastobedone,buttheycouldthinkofnowayofgettingridofSmaug-whichhadalwaysbeenaweakpointintheirplans,asBilbofeltinclinedtopointout.Thenasisthenatureoffolkthatarethoroughlyperplexed,theybegantogrumbleatthehobbit,blaminghimforwhathadatfirstsopleasedthem:forbringingawayacupandstirringupSmaug’swrathsosoon.
