The Return of the Shadow by J.R.R. Tolkien

Author:J.R.R. Tolkien [Tolkien, J.R.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0100-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Gandalf the wizard, too, was sometimes seen going up the hill.

People said Gandalf 'encouraged' him, and accused him in turn of

'encouraging' some of his more lively nephews (and removed

cousins), especially on the Took side; but what exactly they meant

was not clear. They may have been referring to the mysterious

absences from home, and to the strange habit Bilbo and his

encouraged young friends had of walking all over the Shire in

untidy clothes.

As time wore on the prolonged vigour, not to say youthfulness,

of Mr Bilbo Baggins also became the subject of comment. At

ninety he seemed much the same as ever he had been. At 99 they

began to call him 'well-preserved'; but 'unchanged' would have

been nearer the mark. Nevertheless he surprised them all that year

by making a considerable change in his habits: he adopted as his

heir his favourite and most completely 'encouraged' nephew,

Bingo. Bingo Baggins was then a mere lad of 27,(4) and was strictly

speaking not Bilbo's nephew (a title he used rather loosely), but

both his first and his second cousin, once removed in each case,(5)

but he happened to have the same birthday, September 22, as

Bilbo, which seemed an additional link between them.(6) He was the

son of poor Primula Brandybuck and [> who married late and as

last resort] Drogo Baggins (Bilbo's second cousin but otherwise

quite unimportant).

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