#bilbos ring

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[Bilbo answers Gandalf cont.] “‘Yes, I am. I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday: I don’t expect I shall return. In fact, I don’t mean to, and I have made all arrangements.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “What's the matter with you, Mr. Baggins?” by haleyhss on DeviantArt) 

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[Gandalf replying to Bilbo cont.] “‘… I don’t feel too sure about this whole affair. It has now come to the final point. You have had your joke, and alarmed or offended most of your relations, and given the whole Shire something to talk about for nine days, or ninety-nine more likely. Are you going any further?’” ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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“As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. As he stepped down he slipped it on his finger, and he was never seen by any hobbit in Hobbiton again.” ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (Art: “Bilbo Baggins” by AnthonyFoti on DeviantArt) 

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“…At that moment the door opened and Gandalf came quickly in. ‘Hullo!’ said Bilbo. ‘I wondered if you would turn up…’

‘You have wisely kept that ring secret all these years, and it seemed to me necessary to give your guests something else that would seem to explain your sudden vanishment.’

‘… You are an interfering old busybody,’ laughed Bilbo, ‘but I expect you know best, as usual.’“ ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party (FOTR screenshot) 

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“Into the envelope [Bilbo] slipped his golden ring, and its fine chain, and then sealed it, and addressed it to Frodo. At first he put it on the mantelpiece, but suddenly he removed it and stuck it in his pocket...” ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, A Long-expected Party [Bilbo puts the Ring in an envelope for Frodo]