I would say this is another example of Tolkien having to forcibly marry two dissparate stories into the semblance of a single seamless narration. One doesn't get the impression that the Sackville-Bagginses are giddy teen newlyweds in The Hobbit.
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.
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