yeah, bilbo was the old crusty bachelor-type, whose attraction for adventure and travel possibly couldn't spare a teeny fraction for any other sorts of attraction. frodo was much too hurt by his experience. he had "the great sadness", like pat conroy's tom wingo, that could never be assuaged and nor touched by another human spirit, poor dearie.
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pity this busy monster,manunkind, not / -progress is a comfortable disease;/ your victim (death and life safely beyond) / plays with the bigness of his littleness
---ee cummings
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