Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laug — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laug — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laug — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laug — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laug — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laughing: 'Here is a jewel among hobbits!

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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