Things will go as they will, and there is no need to hurry to meet them.

Farewell! I go to find the Sun!

Take now this Ring,' he said; 'for thy labours and thy cares will be heavy, but in all it will support thee and defend thee from weariness. For this is the Ring of Fire, and herewith, maybe, thou shalt rekindle hearts to the valour of old in a world that grows chill.

The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him.

Things are drawing towards the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but keep your heart up!

The only just literary critic," he concluded, "is Christ, who admires more than does any man the gifts He Himself has bestowed.

But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.