H-I, I'm beginning to see a pattern in your use of "earlier and to the east".
If I am right, I believe that the non-quote wasn't said by Thorin to the raven Roac:
"But go specially to my cousin Dain in the Iron Hills, for he has many people well-armed, and dwells nearest to this place. Bid him hasten!
Bid him hasten that he may come hither in a short while.