[Merri]

Elanor felt an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach, as if something bad were about to happen or had just happened. She had finished delivering all her invitations, and was still basking in the delight of putting smiles on so many faces, but now she became worried.

I've probably forgotten something important. That's what it is . . . I've forgotten to do some chore back at home and Mum'll have me in the frying pan for it . . ., but somehow her feet turned her towards Mr. Bilbo's hole, and she walked up the pathway to the round green door and, without thinking, hammered her fist against the hard wood.

In a moment, the older hobbit appeared, looking more than a trifle irritated.

"Is anything-" She caught sight of Sam, Marigold, and Belle, and without another word, pushed past Bilbo and ran to her friends.

She knelt before Belle. "Will she be all right?" Elanor looked up at Sam, then the healer, then Belle's brother, searching for some form of reassurance.

[ January 20, 2003: Message edited by: Merri ]