My second “Ladies of LOtR” is Lobelia Sackville-Baggins; Frodo’s distant cousin once removed. Is she an unpleasant bitter old shrew? Yes. Is she awful to Frodo because he was orphaned and then adopted by Bilbo, there for superseding her and her husband Otho in Bilbo’s will? Yes. Does she keep stealing Bilbo’s silverware? Yes and at one point his house.
But I kinda love her. She doesn’t take any crap from anybody. Lobelia’s like the only hobbit to stand up to Saruman! All with her umbrella! She’s an old bitty, but a tough old bitty.














