Smith to the King
 

The smith looked long at Alf. Then suddenly he bowed low. "I understand at last, sir," he said. "You have done us too much honour."
"I have been repaid," said Alf. "Go home now in peace!"

Estelyn? :)

Esty's on holiday
 

It's a pretty safe bet that you got it right, H-I, so I think you should go ahead with the next question. :)

Well, summoning ten day rule to sooth my conscience, I now present to your attention the following:

:) This is Niggle talking to himself, wishing that Parish would be there to help him.

Correct :) Pray proceed

Thank you! :)
I found a proverb! ;)

Sunny Sam of Ham that is :)

:eek: It took me quite a while to find out that the gloomy blacksmith was indeed referred to as "Sunny Sam"! ;) So you are right, of course!

Ah, Sunny Sams of Ham
No news is bad news for them... :D

next one up:

HI, I've been pondering this quote, but it sounds totally unfamiliar to me, so that I have no idea where to start looking. Clue, please?

Well, activities described, though in other times quite pleasant, at a particular timeand place may endanger lives of those practising them :)

Even with that clue, I couldn't find the quote. Since the ten days are up, I humbly admit defeat - please give us a new one, HI! (Oh, and do tell where it was - I am curious!)

It was easy, was it not? :)


Next one likewise:

A bit gloomy though, unlike the thing I would wish to tell you, quite the opposite if truth be told, but quote is quote, after all, and can not be altered (unless it is "mistranslation" thread, o'course)

Ah, that comes because I was skimming the passages with direct speech = looking only at what was within quotation marks. Well, I'll try to find the new one now.

Wasn't that the (unspoken but "felt") answer of the birch to Smith's question "What can I do to make amends or give thanks?"

yes, Guinevere, pray go on :)

:) Thank you!

That's the Troll to the People in 'Perry-the-Winkle'.

Exactly!
 

...and I didn't say that to chase all the guessers away ;)

While looking for that quote, I found something similar. Here it is as the next one:

Ah, this one I know for sure - that was Giles to his King, as he warned him to go before the dragon became uncontrollable

Right you are, HI - I like Giles' reaction: Sheer stubbornness can be wonderful when used wisely!

Mr. Wizard? Your turn!

Mea Culpa! Forgot about this one

May I present you with the movie contrived excuse of (to be pronounced solemnly): wizard is never late!... :)

anyway, to mend affairs, here is the next one:

Time to answer this one and get the thread moving again! It's Tídwald, speaking to Torhthelm in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son.

Right you are, your ladyship. Pray proceed

Let's see if this quote is a prophetic statement:

The prophet's bread is hard to earn...
 

Ah, I already did :p

That was Man in the Moon to Rover, concerning children dreaming, that is, they were dreaming, but Rover saw them playing in the precipice on the moon, and he knew not that they traveled there in their sleep

Very close, HI, but not quite - that quote is missing the little word "it". Try elsewhere...

does it? hum-m, ha-ss-sty, that's the word. Another go should require some more scanning, than :)

It must be it, this time:

i.e. Badgers to Tom Bombadil

Correct quote, correct speakers! Next one's yours, HI.

Thank you :)

next one, than:

tom bombadil
adventures of tom bombadil

correct book, wrong speaker(s) :) Take it a little bit further, and you have it

you know i know nothing of that book except that tom bombadil was in it. the only other charactor i know of connected to tom is goldberry

is it goldberry?

It's the People, asking Perry-the-Winkle where he had tea.

Ah, Morsul, it's a good read you're missing. Try to obtain it, it is highly
recommended :)

Yes, Estelyn, you've got it. Take it over :)

This quote could well apply to Tolkien's minor works: