Otho and Lobelia Apply for a Mortgage

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Thanks all for posting.

Originally Posted by Morthoron

I would say this is another example of Tolkien having to forcibly marry two dissparate stories into the semblance of a single seamless narration. One doesn't get the impression that the Sackville-Bagginses are giddy teen newlyweds in The Hobbit.

Ahh...you have identified the reason for my discontent. This pair seems old (and miserable) beyond their years when they first appear in the Hobbit, and yet years later still haven't been shown the border.

On the other hand, I have known some newlyweds that hadn't given up their avarice even for the wedding day.

That and I'm sure that the Professor never dreamed that one day someone would see a conspiracy behind having these two hobbits die after exactly 102 years...