Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in th…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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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 (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.66, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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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 (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.66, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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