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Galadrie1 · 10-13-2002, 01:52 PM

In The Hobbit, Bilbo never says to Gollum that he's from the Shire. So, when Gollum is being tortured, how can he shout out "Shire" without knowing about it?

10-13-2002, 01:52 PM	#1
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 391	"Baggins... Shire!" ...How did Gollum know? In The Hobbit, Bilbo never says to Gollum that he's from the Shire. So, when Gollum is being tortured, how can he shout out "Shire" without knowing about it? __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."