: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.
:04:00
Bless my soul!
:04:04
You are missing a finger!
:04:09
You not only lost my ring...
:04:12
...you lost the finger on which it rode?
:04:17
Frodo, you must explain.
:04:20
We have brought with us someone...
:04:22
...who has written a ballad
about the adventures of Frodo:
:04:25
The Minstrel of Gondor.
:04:29
"Frodo of the nine fingers
:04:34
"And the Ring of Doom"
:04:41
It has its beginnings two ages past...
:04:43
...when Bilbo set forth to reclaim
the Dwarves' gold...
:04:47
...from the dragon, Smaug.
:04:52
While on his quest,
Bilbo stumbled into a deep, dank cave.
:04:59
This part I remember.