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Roast Mutton
"Let’sgetoutofthishorriblesmell!"saidFiliSotheycarriedoutthepotsofcoins,andsuchfoodaswasun-touchedandlookedfittoeat,alsoonebarrelofalewhichwasstillfull.Bythattimetheyfeltlikebreakfast,andbeingveryhungrytheydidnotturntheirnosesupatwhattheyhadgotfromthetrolls’larder.Theirownprovisionswereveryscanty.Nowtheyhadbreadandcheese,andplentyofale,andbacontotoastintheembersofthefire.Afterthattheyslept,fortheirnighthadbeendisturbed;(andtheydidnothingmoretilltheafternoon.ThentheyIbroughtuptheirponies,andcarriedawaythepotsofgold,andburiedthemverysecretlynotfarfromthetrackbytheriver,puttingagreatmanyspellsoverthem,justincasetheyeverhadthe-chancetocomebackandrecoverthem.Whenthatwasdone,theyallmountedoncemore,andjoggedalongagainonthepathtowardstheEast."Wheredidyougoto,ifImayask?"saidThorintoGandalfastheyrodealong.
"Tolookahead,"saidhe.
"Andwhatbroughtyoubackinthenickoftime?"
"Lookingbehind,"saidhe.
"Exactly!"saidThorin;"butcouldyoubemoreplain?""Iwentontospyoutourroad.Itwillsoonbecomedangerousanddifficult.AlsoIwasanxiousaboutreplenishingoursmallstockofprovisions.Ihadnotgoneveryfar,however,whenImetacoupleoffriendsofminefromRivendell."
"Where’sthat?"askedBilbo,
"Don’tinterrupt!"saidGandalf."Youwillgetthereinafewdaysnow,ifwe’relucky,andfindoutallaboutitAsIwassayingImettwoofElrond’speople.
