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CHAPTER 14: WEDDINGS AND WORRIES
‘But you will, Frodo. Do you really have to go to Crickhollow?’
‘Yes, Sam. I do. You need time to get used to each other. It won’t be for long, and then I’ll be back, and I fully expect to be looked after with more care than any other hobbit in the Shire.’
The Return of the King, The Grey Haven: And if Sam thought himself lucky, Frodo knew that he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care.”

The only part that caused some muttering was when Frodo proposed a toast to King Elessar, and mentioned the day was also the first anniversary of his coronation.
The Return of the King, Appendix B: May 1. Crowning of King Elessar.

‘How do you know when it’s the right time to do things?’ asked Frodo from his corner.

‘Well now, sometimes it’s the look o’ things, and sometimes it’s the feel o’ things,’ answered the Gaffer, sitting back on his chair a little more. ‘The feel of the soil and the smell of the air, that’s what I mostly go by.’ He drained his mug and set it on the table. ‘Thank ‘ee kindly for that. Are you coming, son?’
A small tribute to the late, great Geoff Hamilton, who said he mostly went by “the feel of the soil and the smell of the air.”


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