:02:00
But as we celebrated
far into the Elvish night...
:02:03
...we found it difficult
to keep our aging guest of honor awake.
:02:07
Nay, Pippin. Not till Bilbo has cut it.
:02:10
Blast. What a time to fall asleep.
:02:14
Who's asleep?
:02:15
Just resting my eyes...
:02:18
...and remembering.
:02:21
There And Back Again...
:02:24
...and what happened after.
:02:26
Remembering, sir?
:02:28
So many things.
:02:30
Old Smaug...
:02:32
...dear Thorin...
:02:34
...that terrible Gollum chap...
:02:38
...the Ring of Invisibility.
:02:41
What's become of my ring?
:02:43
That ring I gave you and you took away.
:02:47
Yes.
:02:48
I've lost it, Bilbo dear.
:02:50
I got rid of it, you know.
:02:52
Pity. I should have liked to see it again.
:02:56
But...
:02:57
...now, how silly of me.
:03:00
That's what you went for, wasn't it?
:03:02
To get rid of it.
:03:05
But why destroy a thing
of such wondrous magic?
:03:10
It was an evil thing, sir.
:03:13
Nay!
:03:14
Without its powers...
:03:16
...I could never have faced
the worm, Smaug.
:03:20
You unwittingly used its
evil forces for good, dear Uncle.
:03:24
Your innocence protected you.
:03:26
But had you continued to wear it...
:03:29
...instead of keeping it
above your mantle as a trophy...
:03:32
...its ever-growing malignancy
would have consumed you...
:03:36
...as it almost consumed Samwise and me
and the whole of Middle-earth.
:03:41
But this is all so confusing.
:03:45
So confusing.
:03:48
-Will he never cut the cake?
-Patience, Merry.
:03:53
Me for a good smoke, while we wait.
:03:55
-What say, master?
-Good notion, Sam.