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Tom gets a room
Tom looked around him and noticed suddenly that everyone seemed to be listening to him. The Beorning in particular was staring his way and the Elf maiden was watching him with a curious look in her eye.
"Perhaps we should discuss this privately" he said to Talondin. “I know much of the land around Bree, including the Downs, but here is not the place to discuss it."
He saw the innkeeper across the room and shouted "Butterbur! Come over here for a moment, good man."
The fat man looked up from where he was serving a tray of steaming meats to a party of Dwarves. "What is it, Tom?” he shouted. “You know I'm busy and the Pony is near full up tonight! What is it you're wanting? I’ll not be a part of your feud with Dorie."
The regular visitors to the Pony all laughed at that and Tom grew red-faced. Everyone knew he was trying to court the barmaid, but they didn’t all need to know it wasn’t going well for him. He looked behind the bar where Dorie quickly dived behind the bar to avoid his gaze.
With an embarrased look he rushed across the room and whispered to the innkeep “Could you please set my new friends and I up with a private room where we could relax in better comfort? We have business to discuss."
Butterbur looked at him and said “What are you getting yourself mixed up with, Tom. First Dorie and now a troupe of strangers you just met. Can’t you ever avoid trouble?”
“Come on, Barliman” pleaded Tom. “Can’t you please just help me out? You’ve already made me look the fool in front of everyon in the place.”
Butterbur laughed “You don’t need me to help you do that. But yes, I've got a room. It has several chairs and a nice fireplace and should suit your ‘business’ well. Let me get it ready."
"Nob!" he shouted, startling Tom. "Nob! Get over here."
The little hobbit appeared for behind the bar and ran over to where Butterbur stood.
"Take these good folk back to the big room. And for goodness sake, light the Fire!" he said, and then ran off to answer the shouts of a pack of thirsty hobbits.
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Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000002>RKittle</A> <IMG SRC=http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/oneringicon.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 4/12/01 7:09:12 pm