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sador
Valinor
Sep 2 2012, 10:13am
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Bilbo did know were his pipe was - he just lost his matches (see Riddles in the Dark):
After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely. Just as well for him, as he agreed when he came to his senses. Goodness knows what the striking of matches and the smell of tobacco would have brought on him out of dark holes in that horrible place. Still at the moment he felt very crushed.
Which might point to the right answer, considering the end of our chapter:
Gandalf, too, was lying down after doing his part in setting the fire going, since Oin and Gloin had lost their tinder-boxes. (Dwarves have never taken to matches even yet.)
Perhaps Bilbo was still trying to find how he might be of any tangible use? Just what is it that the Dwarves lacked, and the fat, bourgeoise Baggins could provide?
As a side question, remembering Thorin's beautiful smoke-rings in Bag End -
Just how did Thorin (and Gimli) smoke when he wasn't in a hobbit-hole? How do you light a pipe using a tinder-box?
"When light finally begins to come into our lives after a long darkness, only to reveal that one has still farther to go, what various ways might one react?"
- Dreamdeer
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**Out of the Frying Pan...** Part VII – 'An anguish had pursued him from dream to dream'.
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sador
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Aug 20 2012, 10:20am
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Question 6...
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Istari68
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Aug 23 2012, 12:03am
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Why now?
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sador
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Aug 23 2012, 9:40am
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Why now reply...
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Istari68
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Aug 24 2012, 1:06pm
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the dream
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titanium_hobbit
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Aug 25 2012, 1:53am
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In 'Journey to the Cross-roads', Sam has something similar:
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sador
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Aug 26 2012, 9:50am
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Agree with Titanium Hobbit
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SirDennisC
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Aug 29 2012, 4:07pm
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So who is dreaming here?
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sador
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Aug 30 2012, 11:29am
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Only Dreamdeer could say for sure
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SirDennisC
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Aug 30 2012, 2:30pm
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Ah!
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sador
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Sep 2 2012, 10:13am
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You did have to do that, didn't you!
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dernwyn
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Aug 29 2012, 3:21am
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Yes, I had to...
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sador
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Aug 29 2012, 7:20am
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Mayonnaise?
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dernwyn
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Aug 31 2012, 3:00am
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