Gerontius: Alright. I have another question for you lot.
Isengrim: We gave you the culprit, what more do you want?!
Gerontius: I'd like to know why Isembold has been tied up with what seems to be someone's watch fob and someone's scarf, and why he's been gagged with a handkerchief.
Isumbras: He's the culprit, if that wasn't clear.
Hildigrim: Definitely him.
Gerontius: And the fact that he's glaring at all of you and making muffled protests?
Hildibrand: The sign of a guilty mind.
Gerontius: Ah. So you DIDN'T simply jump him because he generally makes more mischief than the rest of you and was a convenient scapegoat?
Isengar: What? No, no. Of course not. Why would we ever do that to our beloved brother?
Gerontius: Are you SURE it wasn't simply a case of eight against one?
Donnamira: We would never!
Mirabella: Horrid accusations.
Gerontius: Mhm. And I suppose he just gagged and tied himself to the chair, then?
Hildibrand: Incredible what a hobbit can do when they put their mind to it, really.
Gerontius: Untie your brother. NOW.
Isengrim: But he-
Gerontius: I do not believe a word of this nonsense. You're all getting the same punishment.
Hildigrim: told you it wouldn't work
Isumbras: DAMMIT, HILDI, OF COURSE IT WON'T WORK NOW
Isembard: Ugh, n-no, I... I feel... I feel faint...
Gerontius: Isembard, stop fooling around. Pretending to faint is not going to work.