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           Thentheywantedtoknowallabouthisadventuresaftertheyhadlosthim,andhesatdownandtoldthemeverything-exceptaboutthefindingofthering("notjustnow"hethought).Theywereparticularlyinterestedintheriddle-competition,andshudderedmostappreciativelyathisdescriptionofGollum.

           "AndthenIcouldn’tthinkofanyotherquestionwithhimsittingbesideme,"endedBilbo;"soIsaid’what’sinmypocket?’Andhecouldn’tguessinthreegoes.SoIsaid:’whataboutyourpromise?Showmethewayout!’Buthecameatmetokillme,andIran,andfellover,andhemissedmeinthedark.ThenIfollowedhim,becauseIheardhimtalkingtohimself.HethoughtIreallyknewthewayout,andsohewasmakingforit.Andthenhesatdownintheentrance,andIcouldnotgetby.SoIjumpedoverhimandescaped,andrandowntothegate."

           "Whataboutguards?"theyasked."Weren’tthereany?""Oyes!lotsofthem;butIdodged’em.Igotstuckinthedoor,whichwasonlyopenacrack,andIlostlotsofbuttons,"hesaidsadlylookingathistornclothes."ButIsqueezedthroughallright-andhereIam."

           Thedwarveslookedathimwithquiteanewrespect,whenhetalkedaboutdodgingguards,jumpingoverGollum,andsqueezingthrough,asifitwasnotverydifficultorveryalarming.

           "WhatdidItellyou?"saidGandalflaughing."Mr.Bagginshasmoreabouthimthanyouguess."HegaveBilboaqueerlookfromunderhisbushyeyebrows,ashesaidthis,andthehobbitwonderedifheguessedatthepartofhistalethathehadleftout.

           Thenhehadquestionsofhisowntoask,forifGandalfhadexplaineditallbynowtothedwarves,Bilbohadnotheardit.