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dwarves, Mr. Baggins, and many provisions. Horses and ponies had been sent
round by circuitous paths to meet them at their appointed landing-place. The
Master and his councillors bade them farewell from the great steps of the town-
hall that went down to the lake. People sang on the quays and out of windows.
The white oars dipped and splashed, and off they went north up the lake on the
last stage of their long journey. The only person thoroughly unhappy was Bilbo.
