Lobelia had been deep in thought for some time, but eventually her meditating was disturbed by voices.
"What is this, Halbarad? You are agreeing with me? About what, if I may ask? About you being a traitor, possibly? As for Galadriel finding Tom innocent, my guess is that they are fellow traitors and don't want to accuse each other.
Elrohir, do I look like one who needs protection? Maybe you are too used to seeing weak and frail Elven women who can't defend themselves, but not everybody is like them. I am more afraid for myself if I am in the wild with a greedy Dwarf and a haughty Elf than if I were alone.
But I know what you are doing! You are trying to make me trust them, make me believe that they wish me no ill, and when I am alone with them, they will attack me. Poor Elrond, both his sons being traitors!
Gildor Inglorion, I wonder indeed how Bilbo Baggins can even claim to know something like that about me. As far as I am concerned, he has always hated me, always suspected me anyway. Oh yes, I do know he still accuses me of stealing his spoons, which I didn't do - but who of you is going to believe that?
Of course it is your own business to decide whether you believe rumours or trust your own judgement, and I do not care what you do, although one decision may hurt me more than the other. But if I were you, I wouldn't trust Bilbo Baggins.
I do not know much about Gildor personally, but I believe Saruman the White has told me enough about him so that I can say there's nothing strange in his behaviour - at least yet."
edit: xed with Radagast, Halbarad & Tom
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He bit me, and I was not gentle.
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