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‘Gadbard Boffin! By the One! What do you think you are doing with my niece!’
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Bullroarer's great voice boomed from the room Dinodas and Robin were walking, hand in hand. Robin had been telling Dinodas all about her first visit to Rivendell, and about all the wonderful Elves she had met. The shout had interrupted Robin's 'tour.'
Staring at each other in shock, they looked at the door. "Who is Bullroarer's neice?" said Robin in a hushed voice.
"That would be... Daisy, I suppose," Dinodas replied, shrugging.
"And something about Gaddy?"
Their eyes slowly met and they began to laugh softly. "I knew it was coming," said Robin as they scampered away from the door, so that they didn't hear Bullroarer's reference to 'calf-eyed gazes.' "Only I thought Bullroarer would say, 'We are safe in Rivendell, and our quest ends,' and Gaddy would dramatically take Daisy into his arms and kiss her in front of everyone."
Dinodas opened his mouth to say something but never got to. He had bumped right into Hal, and Robin had bumped into the Elf next to him.
"Bullroarer is pretty mad at Gaddy, I suppose," said Hal.
"How... did... you... know?" asked Robin between giggles.
"Oh,
everyone heard that shout, and it's not hard to guess what he's shouting about, since I was there. I left just in time, I think."
"They're so silly!" said Dinodas, roaring with laughter. "They've only just met each other and they're fast in love."
"Ah," said the Elf wisely, looking down at the two. "But I see they're not the only ones." And he walked on, leaving the three halflings staring at each other. Dinodas and Robin began to blush, and hurriedly dropped each other's hands.
"Ah ha," said Hal, grinning broadly and walking past the two.
"It's not true," said Dinodas indignantly to Robin. "Though," he added, his voice softening, "I couldn't think of a better girl to fall in love with."
Robin laughed and gave Dinodas a teasing shove. "Let's end this tour," she said. "We don't want Bullroarer to catch us with our cheeks still pink, though we're not guilty."
"But you're not his neice!"
"I'm his second cousin, or something along those lines," said the lass with a shrug. She laughed again. "To think that anyone could think
we were in
love with each other!"
"Yes, that's pretty foolish, isn't it?" He spoke lightly, but there was a strange look in his eyes as they ended their 'tour.'
[ February 10, 2003: Message edited by: Nurumaiel ]