That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.
J. R. R. TolkienI was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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