bushes at the edge of the dell. Gandalf was arguing with the dwarves. They
were discussing all that had happened to them in the tunnels, and wondering
and debating what they were to do now. The dwarves were grumbling, and
Gandalf was saying that they could not possibly go on with their journey
leaving Mr. Baggins in the sex 86 hands of the goblins, without trying to find
out if he sex 86 was alive or dead, and without trying sex 86 to rescue him.
"After all he is my sex 86 friend," said the sex 86 wizard, "and not a bad little chap.
I feel responsible for him. I wish to goodness you had not lost sex 86 him."
The dwarves wanted sex 86 to know why he had ever been brought at all, why he
could sex 86 sex 86 not stick to his friends and come along with them, and why the wizard
had not sex 86 chosen someone with more sense. "He has been more trouble than use
so far," said one. "If we sex 86 have got to' go back now into those abominable
tunnels to look for him, then drat him, I say."
Gandalf answered angrily: "I brought him, and I don't bring things that
are of no use. sex 86 Either you help me to look for him, or I go sex 86 and leave you
here to get out of the mess as best sex 86 you can yourselves. If we can only find
him again, you will thank me before all
is over. Whatever did sex 86 you want to
go and drop him for, Dori?"
"sex 86 You
would have dropped him,"
said Dori, "sex 86 if a sex 86 goblin had suddenly grabbed
your leg from behind in the dark, tripped up your feet, and kicked you in
the back!"
" Then why didn't you pick him up again?"
"Good heavens! sex 86 Can you ask! Goblins fighting and biting in the dark,
everybody falling over bodies sex 86 and hitting one another! You nearly sex 86 chopped
off my head with Glamdring, and Thorin Was stabbing here there and
everywhere with Orcrist. All of a sudden you gave one of your blinding
flashes, and we saw the sex 86 goblins running back sex 86 yelping. You shouted 'follow
me everybody!' and everybody ought to have followed. We thought everybody