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The Last Stage
AndsotheycrossedthebridgeandpassedthemillbytheriverandcamerightbacktoBilbo’sowndoor."Blessme!What’sgoingon?"hecried.Therewasagreatcommotion,andpeopleofallsorts,respectableandunrespectable,werethickroundthedoor,andmanyweregoinginandout-notevenwipingtheirfeetonthemat,asBilbonoticedwithannoyance.Ifhewassurprised,theyweremoresurprisedstill.Hehadarrivedbackinthemiddleofanauction!Therewasalargenoticeinblackandredhungonthegate,statingthatonJunetheTwenty-secondMessrs.Grubb,Grubb,andBun-oweswouldsellbyauctiontheeffectsofthelateBilboBagginsEsquire,ofBag-End,Underhill,Hobbiton.Saletocommenceatteno’clocksharp.Itwasnownearlylunch-time,andmostofthethingshadalreadybeensold,forvariouspricesfromnexttonothingtooldsongs(asisnotunusualatauctions).Bilbo’scousinstheSackville-Bagginseswere,infact,busymeasuringhisroomstoseeiftheirownfurniturewouldfit.InshortBilbowas"PresumedDead,"andnoteverybodythatsaidsowassorrytofindthepresumptionwrong.
ThereturnofMr.BilboBagginscreatedquiteadisturbance,bothundertheHillandovertheHill,andacrosstheWater;itwasagreatdealmorethananinedays’wonder.Thelegalbother,indeed,lastedforyears.ItwasquitealongtimebeforeMr.Bagginswasinfactadmittedtobealiveagain.
