Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something. ✨ J.R.R.…

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Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition, p.181, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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