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[Bilbo, talking about the Ring] “’I found it, and Gollum would have killed me, if I hadn’t kept it. I’m not a thief, whatever he said.’ ‘I have never called you one,’ Gandalf answered. ‘And I am not one either. I am not trying to rob you, but to help you. I wish you would trust me, as you used.’ He turned away, and the shadow passed. He seemed to dwindle again to an old grey man, bent and troubled.“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Bilbo and Gandalf, cont.] “Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand clutching at his pocket. They stood for a while facing one another, and the air of the room tingled. Gandalf’s eyes remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and he began to tremble. ‘I don’t know what has come over you, Gandalf,’ he said. ‘You have never been like this before. What is it all about? It is mine isn’t it?’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “Discovering the One Ring” by ringbearer80 on DeviantArt) 

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“[Bilbo’s] hand strayed to the hilt of his small sword. Gandalf ’s eyes flashed. ‘It will be my turn to get angry soon,’ he said. ‘If you say that again, I shall. Then you will see Gandalf the Grey uncloaked.’ He took a step towards the hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow filled the little room.“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “Gandalf Final” by timshinn73 on DeviantArt) 

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“‘Now, now, my dear hobbit!’ said Gandalf. ‘All your long life we have been friends, and you owe me something. Come! Do as you promised: give it up!’ ‘Well, if you want my ring yourself, say so!’ cried Bilbo. ‘But you won’t get it. I won’t give my Precious away, I tell you.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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Gandalf stood up. He spoke sternly. ‘You will be a fool if you [keep the Ring], Bilbo,’ he said. ‘You make that clearer with every word you say. It has got far too much hold on you. Let it go! And then you can go yourself, and be free.’ ‘I’ll do as I choose and go as I please,’ said Bilbo obstinately.“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Gandalf and Bilbo, cont.] “The wizard’s face remained grave and attentive, and only a flicker in his deep eyes showed that he was startled and indeed alarmed. ‘It has been called that [‘my Precious] before,’ he said, ‘but not by you.’ [Bilbo replied} ‘But I say it now. And why not? Even if Gollum said the same once. It’s not his now, but mine. And I shall keep it, I say.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Gandalf, suggesting Bilbo leave the Ring, cont.] “‘But there is no need to get angry.’ ‘If I am it is your fault,’ said Bilbo. ‘It is mine, I tell you. My own. My Precious. Yes, my Precious.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “Precious [Bilbo]” by AloiInTheSky on DeviantArt) 

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[Bilbo and Gandalf, cont.] “Bilbo flushed, and there was an angry light in his eyes. His kindly face grew hard. ‘Why not?’ he cried. ‘And what business is it of yours, anyway, to know what I do with my own things? It is my own. I found it. It came to me.’ ‘Yes, yes,’ said Gandalf.“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: Detail of “What's the matter with you, Mr. Baggins?” by haleyhss on DeviantArt) 

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[Gandalf and Bilbo, cont.] “‘No, but I had to badger you [about the ring],’ said Gandalf. ‘I wanted the truth. It was important. Magic rings are – well, magical; and they are rare and curious. I was professionally interested in your ring, you may say; and I still am. I should like to know where it is, if you go wandering again. Also I think you have had it quite long enough. You won’t need it any more, Bilbo, unless I am quite mistaken.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “The Hobbit” by 3nrique on DeviantArt) 

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[Bilbo and Gandalf, cont.] “’And I don’t really see why I should [give Frodo the Ring]. Why do you want me to?’ he asked, and a curious change came over his voice. It was sharp with suspicion and annoyance. ‘You are always badgering me about my ring; but you have never bothered me about the other things that I got on my journey.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Gandalf and Bilbo, cont.] “Gandalf looked again very hard at Bilbo, and there was a gleam in his eyes. ‘I think, Bilbo,’ he said quietly, ‘I should leave it behind. Don’t you want to?’ ‘Well yes – and no. Now it comes to it, I don’t like parting with it at all, I may say.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Gandalf, asking about the Ring] “‘Where is it?’ ‘In an envelope, if you must know,’ said Bilbo impatiently. ‘There on the mantelpiece. Well, no! Here it is in my pocket!’ He hesitated. ‘Isn’t that odd now?’ he said softly to himself. ‘Yet after all, why not? Why shouldn’t it stay there?’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Bilbo and Gandalf cont.] “’[Frodo] ought to be comfortable here. I am leaving everything to him, of course, except a few oddments. I hope he will be happy, when he gets used to being on his own. It’s time he was his own master now.’ ‘Everything?’ said Gandalf. ‘The ring as well? You agreed to that, you remember.’ ‘Well, er, yes, I suppose so,’ stammered Bilbo.“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “And Back Again” by arisuonpaa on DeviantArt) 

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[Bilbo talking to Gandalf cont.] “‘[Frodo] would come with me, of course, if I asked him. In fact he offered to once, just before the party. But he does not really want to, yet. I want to see the wild country again before I die, and the Mountains; but he is still in love with the Shire, with woods and fields and little rivers.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “Shire Bridge” by BohemianWeasel on DeviantArt) 

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[Bilbo and Gandalf cont.] “‘… You’ll keep an eye on Frodo, won’t you?’

[Gandalf replies] ‘Yes, I will – two eyes, as often as I can spare them.’“

~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Bilbo cont. to answer Gandalf] “’I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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[Bilbo cont. to answer Gandalf] ”‘Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (The Hobbit screenshot) 

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