There's no adventure in this chapter, though Tolkien does make the search for Rivendell slightly suspenseful. However, the deciphering of the runes and maps lays the groundwork for the success of the quest. This episode also raises one question of major importance: Just what do elves smell like?!
Would you like to have visited Rivendell with the dwarves and Bilbo? What impresses you most, what don't you like about it?
(Here's the
previous discussion, for those interested.)
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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