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           "Ofthethingswhichyoususpectandimaginewehadnoideaatall.Weshelteredfromastorminwhatseemedaconvenientcaveandunused;nothingwasfurtherfromourthoughtsthaninconveniencinggoblinsinanywaywhatever."Thatwastrueenough!

           "Urn!"saidtheGreatGoblin."Soyousay!MightIaskwhatyouweredoingupinthemountainsatall,andwhereyouwerecomingfrom,andwhereyouweregoingto?InfactIshouldliketoknowallaboutyou.Notthatitwilldoyoumuchgood,ThorinOakenshield,Iknowtoomuchaboutyourfolkalready;butlet’shavethetruth,orIwillpreparesomethingparticularlyuncomfortableforyou!"

           "Wewereonajourneytovisitourrelatives,ournephewsandnieces,andfirst,second,andthirdcousins,andtheotherdescendantsofourgrandfathers,wholiveontheEastsideofthesetrulyhospitablemountains,"saidThorin,notquiteknowingwhattosayallatonceinamoment,whenobviouslytheexacttruthwouldnotdoatall.

           "Heisaliar,Otrulytremendousone!"saidoneofthedrivers."Severalofourpeoplewerestruckbylightninginthecave,whenweinvitedthesecreaturestocomebelow;andtheyareasdeadasstones.Alsohehasnotexplainedthis!"HeheldouttheswordwhichThorinhadworn,theswordwhichcamefromtheTrolls’lair.

           TheGreatGoblingaveatrulyawfulhowlofragewhenhelookedatit,andallhissoldiersgnashedtheirteeth,clashedtheirshields,andstamped.Theyknewtheswordatonce.Ithadkilledhundredsofgoblinsinitstime,whenthefairelvesofGondolinhuntedtheminthehillsordidbattlebeforetheirwalls.TheyhadcalleditOrcrist,Goblin-cleaver,butthegoblinscalleditsimplyBiter.Theyhateditandhatedworseanyonethatcarriedit."Murderers’andelf-friends!"theGreatGoblinshouted.