Hmm, was that a glimpse of one of the guests heading home from the BD party, Esty ... or something altogether different ...
Time will tell ...
Thena, much though his parentage may be in doubt (and it is said that one of his ancestors must have taken a Goblin wife), Soregum is very much (in appearance at least) a Hobbit.
Nice bit of schizophrenic discourse there, though. What inspired that, I wonder? Personally, I'm rooting for the evil conscience.
And as for Bill Fur-Knee.