Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rod…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.23, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.23, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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