The Hobbit - Chapter 05 - Riddles in the Dark

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Tuor of Gondolin

Gollum did tacitly go along with The Baggins cheating,
which brings up an interesting question, if nice
Smeagol had insisted on playing the game properly
would Bilbo have had to go along with being eaten?
Or, more to the point, how would Tolkien have
gotten Bilbo out of his predicament honorably?

The first thing that comes into my mind is apologising and makin up a new question. But if he didn't come up with any...